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Search results for "mercury levels" ...
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The Mercury Connection
"The Mercury Connection showed that people who live near mercury hotspots in South Carolina have unusually high levels of mercury in their bodies. The series showed how the state has done little or nothing to address mercury contamination in people."
Tags: mercury; pollution; contamination; poison; state government
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Hurricane Katrina environmental coverage
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans and the surrounding areas faced high environmental risks. This series of stories covers the effect that Katrina and the resulting floods had on the area. It uncovered risk ranging from oil spills to high mercury levels.
Tags: hurricane; Hurricane Katrina; flooding; Environmental Protection Agency; oil spills; mercury levels; sediment testing
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Mercury Menace
The author documented widespread mercury contamination in the town of McIntosh, AL. Most of the very public contamination had apparently escaped the attention of the EPA during Superfund investigations between 1984 and 2005. The reporter showed that mercury levels in creeks and rivers would rank among the highest mercury-contaminated areas of the U.S.
Tags: FOIA; contamination; Mercury; McIntosh; Superfund; E.P.A; Fish and Wildlife Service; Alabama Department of Environmental Management; Olin Corp.; Ciba Corp.
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Hot Property
San Francisco Bay Guardian reports on health hazards posed to prospective residents of a new housing and commercial development planned on the site of a former U.S. Navy base near the city of Alameda. "There's just one problem: it's a toxic disaster area," the story reveals. A major finding is that the Navy may have blasted dangerous levels of radiation into the atmosphere, dumped radium, and spilt uranium and mercury on the base. The article looks at a mysterious case of missing tons of toxins at the base.
Tags: environment; Navy; housing; seabirds; radiation; toxins; safety; cancer; hazardous waste; ecology; pollution; carcinogens
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America's Fish: Fair or foul -- In tests of fish across the U.S., we found some room for improvement
A Consumer Reports examination of the nation's supermarket seafood counters found that "although most seafood was safe to eat, there were enough exceptions to suggest that the seafood industry has considerable room for improvement -- and that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which oversees most seafood-safety matters, is falling short in key areas." Half of the swordfish samples tested exceeded the "action level," for methylmercury, which can harm the nervous system. The magazine advises pregnant women and young children not to eat swordfish or shark. It also found that one in eight samples of tuna had unacceptable levels of histamine, a chemical that can cause hives and other reactions.
Tags: fish; food safety; seafood; swordfish; spoilage; e. coli; histamine; methylmercury; mercury; tuna; shellfish; Food and Drug Administration; FDA
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World & I explains how the chemical Mercury is becoming a global pollutant; particularly dangerous is the rising level of Mercury in the fish food chain which is eventually eaten by humans, October 1993.
Tags: Fitzgerald 7 pages