Thursday, January 4, 2007

Mercury "Hot Spots" Increase Debate on Cap and Trade Programs

From Scientific American - Sighting Bioscience Magazine January Edition

In some areas the team of U.S. and Canadian researchers, led by David Evers of the BioDiversity Research Institute in Gorham, Maine, found perch containing mercury levels as high as 20 times greater than the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recommended limits.

The research team predicts its results will affect cap-and-trade regulations implemented by the EPA in 2005...

Read the full Scientific American article here.

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