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High Concentrations of Toxic Mercury in the Arctic from Circumpolar Rivers [1]

Environmental scientists have known that high levels of the toxic element, mercury, have been accumulating in the Arctic Ocean for some time.

Publication Date: 
23/05/2012
Environment News Network [2]
Tags:
Arctic Ocean [3], Mercury [4], Water Pollution [5], Coal [6], Rivers [7], River Pollution [8], Health Effects [9], Marine Ecosystems [10], Marine Life [11], Canada [12], Alaska [13]

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