[Birdtalk] MERCURY THREAT IN GREAT SALT LAKE

[ConnieM]

Well, I guess I won't go swimming there.  Has anyone noticed anything in the
birds -- behavior, reproduction  or appearance -- that might indicate
mercury poisoning?  I'm disgusted and horrified by the way Utah has wasted
it's natural beauty.  Certainly not in every place, but I'm seeing a lot of
city moving into the country in my neighborhood and it's just right in the
same lane a polluting the GSL.  The loss of bird and wildlife habitat,
green-space, water and air quality etc. are all part of the larger problem
of how we continue to let things get out of balance.  It seems we've had a
kind of business/ industrial free-for-all for a very long time.  Now we've
got the worst air pollution in the country up here in Cache Valley & this
Mercury pollution in the GSL.. grrrrr!
Conniem


On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 9:29 AM, James McIntyre <james.d.mcintyre at att.net>wrote:

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> http://www.abc4.com/content/news/slc/story/Geologist-No-easy-fix-for-Great-Salt-Lake-mercury/ElT7AzXw_kWzYFAdc6uKCQ.cspx
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Connie McManus
Nibley, Cache County, Utah
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