Mercury in the global ocean: three times more mercury in upper ocean since the Industrial Revolution Mercury is a naturally occurring element as well as a by-product of such distinctly human enterprises as burning coal and making cement. Estimates of bioavailable mercury -- forms of the element that can be taken up by animals and humans -- play an important role in everything from drafting an international treaty designed to protect humans and the environment from mercury emissions, to establishing public policies behind warnings about seafood consumption.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Aug 2014 06:23:10 +0000