Mercury Rising?

The liquid metal sometimes called quicksilver can have detrimental health effects if present in drinking water above levels set by the U.S. EPA.
Mercury Rising?
Facilities such as this cement smelting plant emit mercury and thallium into the atmosphere that come to the ground when it rains.

Florida is beginning a campaign to monitor mercury because of its accumulation in the state’s surface waters. A community close to a cement manufacturing plant asked Florida Gateway College for information about the impact of mercury on drinking water.

We explained that the U.S....

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