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Toxic mercury in fish rising

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Toxic mercury in fish rising
Increasing levels of toxic mercury in cod and tuna can cause neurological disorders in children and babies whose mothers eat fish while pregnant, a study by Harvard scientists said. The concentration of methylmercury – an organic compound which can cause severe damage to the brain and nervous system – rose by 23% in cod and by 27% in bluefin tuna in the Atlantic Ocean’s Gulf of Maine over about three decades, it said.… Read the rest

Students protesting coal ash dumping in Virginia rivers arrested

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Students protesting coal ash dumping in Virginia rivers arrested
A group of students protesting a Richmond, Virginia utility dumping coal ash into local rivers were arrested last week during a sit-in at the regulatory agency’s office, as the battle over state regulation of the dumping practices heats up. The seventeen college students who were arrested are part of a group called the Virginia Student Environmental Coalition. The group’s demands include calls for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality to revoke the permits that currently allow Dominion Resources to dump coal ash wastewater into local rivers.… Read the rest