Study: Fish near coal-fired power plants have lower levels of mercury

Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 11:20 in Biology & Nature

A new study from North Carolina State University finds that fish located near coal-fired power plants have lower levels of mercury than fish that live much further away. The surprising finding appears to be linked to high levels of another chemical, selenium, found near such facilities, which unfortunately poses problems of its own...

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