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Mercury levels in Georgia otter, mink, and freshwater fish

Journal Article · · Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01701313· OSTI ID:7282400
It has been suggested that widespread dispersal of mercury to the environment from such sources as fossil fuel combustion, agricultural seed dressings or sewage outfalls could result in low level mercury contamination of food chains over large areas in the absence of recognized point sources of mercury pollution. The presence of mercury in fish from a number of river systems in Georgia has been documented by the Georgia Water Quality Control Board (1971). In most cases mercury levels were low, and only fish from the Savannah River, which received mercury inputs from a chlor-alkali plant, were sufficiently contaminated to be of concern to public health authorities. Terrestrial mammals from the Lower Coastal Plain habitats of southern Georgia exhibit elevated mercury levels in the absence of recognized sources of mercury. Preliminary data are reported on mercury levels occurring in aquatic mammals and fish from a region of the Georgia Lower Coastal Plain which is not associated with recognized point sources of mercury contamination.
Research Organization:
Duke Power Co., Charlotte, NC
OSTI ID:
7282400
Journal Information:
Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Journal Name: Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States) Vol. 14:2; ISSN BECTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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560305* -- Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology-- Vertebrates-- (-1987)
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BODY
BODY BURDEN
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CONTAMINATION
ELEMENTS
FISHES
FRESH WATER
GEORGIA
HAIR
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MAMMALS
MERCURY
METALS
MUSCLES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RIVERS
SKIN
SOUTHEAST REGION
STREAMS
SURFACE WATERS
USA
VERTEBRATES
WATER