As United Nations delegates end their mercury treaty talks today, scientists warn that ongoing emissions are more of a threat to food webs
than the mercury already in the environment.
Not exact matches
University of Wisconsin researchers recently found that
mercury added to a lake reached top predators faster
than the
mercury that
already existed in their environment.
Despite Congress's dismal record with mandating storage and disposal sites and dates in the Nuclear Waste Policy Act, and for Greater
Than Class C and
mercury, there are
already proposals to try to implement the «prompt consolidated storage» recommended by the Blue Ribbon Commission.
Globally, the
mercury is
already up more
than 1 degree Fahrenheit (0.8 degree Celsius), and even more in sensitive polar regions.