There’s no disputing the harmful effects of mercury and the danger it poses when it gets into the food chain primarily seafood and fish in a toxic form.
The question that baffles scientists and others is why Florida and the northern Gulf Coast are receiving much higher doses of mercury-laden rain than the rest of the United States.
A team of researchers led by two Florida State University oceanography professors has received two $500,000 grants the second grant is awaiting President Obama’s signature as part of the 2010 omnibus appropriations bill to begin studying this vexing issue.
“We’re poised to make a really big breakthrough,” said William Landing, a professor of chemical oceanography at FSU. “We’re hoping we’ll be able to do that.”
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