Do you live near a mercury hotspot?

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Do you live near a mercury hotspot?

<http://motherjones.com/blue-marble/2011/11/do-you-live-near-mercury-hotspot-map\

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Coal-fired power plants are responsible for two-thirds of air-borne

mercury pollution in the US -- more than all the other sources combined.

In a new report out this week, Environment America looks at where most

of that pollution is coming from.

The value of ecologic studies: mercury concentration in ambient air and

the risk of autism. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21905454>

Blanchard KS, Palmer RF, Stein Z.

Rev Environ Health. 2011;26(2):111-8.

This post is not intended to suggest that airborne mercury is the only

relevant factor in the autism epidemic.

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