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Study findings from Moss Landing Marine Laboratories broaden understanding of life sciences

Published in Lab Business Week, October 14th, 2007

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Declining metal levels at Foundry Cove (Hudson River, New York): response to localized dredging of contaminated sediments.' "This study examines the effectiveness of remediating a well-recognized case of heavy metal pollution at Foundry Cove (FC), Hudson River, New York. This tidal freshwater marsh was polluted with battery-factory wastes (1953-1979) and dredged in 1994-1995," scientists writing in the journal Environmental Pollution report.

"Eight years after remediation, dissolved and particulate metals (Cd, Co, Cu, Pb, Ni, and Ag) were found to be lower than levels in the lower Hudson near New York City. Levels of...

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