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Originally Posted by FishermanTim
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought acid rain is more of a contributor of carcinogenics than of mercury.
Isn't mercury pollution more the result of our own logging industry and CURRENT polluting of our own rivers and streams?
Sadly, it affects both fresh and salt water inhabitants eqaully.
The larger the predator, the more mercury they absorb from their prey, their prey's prey and their prey's prey's prey etc......
Whether it's acid rain or mercury pollution, we all lose in the end!!!
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quite true.... speaking of Carcinogens...diesel fumes have now been linked to cancer...
seems pretty dammed stupid to be shuttling kids around in diesel fueled buses now doesn't it...
Mercury is being widely used in Gold Mining especially down in countries like Brazil where its reminiscent of the gold mining days
of the old wild west... and probably in Alaska too to some degree...
it's mercury though that causes brain dysfunctional learning disabilities in kids and it gets then stored in OUR fatty tissues
until we reach the Toxic levels where it manifests into health problems as we metabolize fat