Upper atmosphere facilitates changes that let mercury enter food chain
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 19, 2011
New research shows that the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere work to transform elemental mercury into oxidized mercury, which can easily be deposited into aquatic ecosystems and ultimately enter the food chain. Daniel Jaffe, a science and technology professor at University of Washington Bothell, is coauthor of the paper.
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