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Hisato Ryono, a assemblyman in Taiji, Japan reports that mercury levels in whale meat being served at a school are 10 to 16 times more than that advised by the Health Ministry. Findings from samples taken at two local supermarkets have also turn up results that are 10 to 12 times higher.
Environmentalists are prosecuting Detroit-based DTE Energy Co. for pollution from mercury emissions by coal fired power plants into Canadian waters.
CBC
Certain countries may be trading energy conservation for more toxic air emissions with their use of compact fluorescent lighting, say U.S. researchers.
In a study of 130 countries and 50 states, Yale University scientists concluded that in some places mercury emissions have been increased by switching from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescents.