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3. What goes around, comes around?

Mon Apr 21, 2014, 11:22 AM

Apr 2014

Fish here in New York State are contaminated with mercury, largely because of coal burning power plants in other states:

http://www.nrdc.org/air/files/poisoning-the-great-lakes.pdf

Montana is one of the states where coal is mined:

http://montanacoalcouncil.com/production_employment.html

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Study finds mercury-tainted fish in Glacier's Lake McDonald [View all] Ptah Apr 2014 OP

How does it get there? packman Apr 2014 #1

From the linked article: Ptah Apr 2014 #2

What goes around, comes around? hedgehog Apr 2014 #3

A great picture from The Flathead Beacon: Ptah Apr 2014 #4