Mar 1, 2009

Mercury, to put it plainly, is bad stuff. In people, it causes exhaustion, headaches, memory loss, even brain damage; in birds it appears to have similar nervous system impacts and can harm their eggs; in the environment, there’s almost no way to get rid of it. Mercury in the San Francisco Bay is especially sinister: It’s not just a silent, toxic reminder of past environmental sins, but may actually be thwarting our attempts to atone for them... more >

“Given that the loss of our wetlands is happening, and sea level rise is happening, if we’re going to make marshes, we’ve got to start letting them accrete tomorrow, not in five or ten years as we dither about mercury.” — Letitia Grenier, Conservation Biology Program, SFEI

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Source: 
Terrain Magazine
Programs and Focus Areas: 
Clean Water Program
Resilient Landscapes Program