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Scientists find mercury threatens next generation of loons
March 22nd, 2008
A long-term study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, the BioDiversity Research Institute, and other organizations has found and confirmed that environmental mercury—much of which comes from human-generated emissions—is impacting both the health and reproductive success of common loons in the Northeast. The results of the 18-year study on loons—a species symbolic of northern lakes and wilderness—appear in the most recent edition of Ecotoxicology. "This study demonstrates how top predators such as common loons can be used as the proverbial 'canaries-in-the-coalmine' for pollutants that concern humans as well," said David C. Evers of the BioDiversity...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-22)
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