• Driscoll, Charles
  Syracuse University
  

Mercury pollution is a vexing environmental problem that leads to the contamination of forests, soils, lakes, streams, and oceans with severe health implications for fish, wildlife, and people. Mercury contamination is widespread in the United States, as evidenced by fish consumption advisories that blanket the nation. Emitted into the atmosphere from coal-fired electric power plants and other sources, mercury is deposited into the environment in rain, snow, and fog. It bio-accumulates in waterways where it is passed to fish, wildlife, and people.