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How poisonous mercury gets from coal-fired power plants into the fish you eat

  • Written by Gabriel Filippelli, Chancellor's Professor of Earth Sciences and Executive Director, Indiana University Environmental Resilience Institute, IUPUI
imageCoal-fired power plants are a source of mercury that people can ingest by eating fish.Mark Wilson/Getty Images

People fishing along the banks of the White River as it winds through Indianapolis sometimes pass by ominous signs warning about eating the fish they catch.

One of the risks they have faced is mercury poisoning.

Mercury is a neurotoxic...

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