Reddit is picking this up, finally: Heavy metals really mess - TopicsExpress



          

Reddit is picking this up, finally: Heavy metals really mess with aquatic life, because they rely on chemical cues for everything from early life development, reproductive homing, prey tracking and predator avoidance. Metal particles such as zinc and copper are commonly used in antifouling paints on boats precisely because they are highly effective at killing aquatic life. News articles say theres about 20,000 tonnes of heavy metals in the 15 million cubic metres of liquid and silt dumped. Thats about 1.3 kg per cubic meter of heavy metals; I cannot imagine that being a non-trivial, biologically inert concentration of heavy metals Source: Fisheries Biologist reddit/r/worldnews/comments/2diu07/4_billion_gallons_of_mining_waste_pour_into/
Posted on: Thu, 14 Aug 2014 22:30:15 +0000

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