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Mercury in Freshwater Fish In Maine

Mercury in Freshwater Fish In Maine. By: Kevin Smith. Fish to eat and not to eat. Shouldn’t eat Large Mouth Bass White Perch Pickerel Walleye Small Mouth Bass You should try not to eat these fish if caught in M aine waters. Should eat- Brook trout Landlocked salmon

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Mercury in Freshwater Fish In Maine

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  1. Mercury in Freshwater FishIn Maine By: Kevin Smith

  2. Fish to eat and not to eat • Shouldn’t eat • Large Mouth Bass • White Perch • Pickerel • Walleye • Small Mouth Bass • You should try not to eat these fish if caught in Maine waters • Should eat- • Brook trout • Landlocked salmon But limit those two fish to once a month

  3. Mercury what it does to the Environment • There are many problems mercury causes to the environment • Some of these things it affects are: Fish, Humans, and global warming

  4. How are large amounts of Mercury made? • Mercury is usually present in Industrial situations • Also it is often present with developing country's

  5. Mercury Run Off • Mercury run off from factory’s often runs into a stream or river. • That would cause the fish in the river to become dangerous to eat. • The run of would then finally reach the ocean

  6. Maine’s water • Did you know nearly all of Maine’s rain water contains mercury and acid. • A lot has been done to cut back on mercury emissions in Maine • When one digests mercury, the mercury attacks the nervous-system of the body

  7. Sources • Latest mercury report bad news for mainers emissions still play a big role in poisoning state's waters. (2000, Sep 21). Portland Press Herald, pp. 12.A-12A. • Selin, Noelle Eckley. "MERCURY RISING." Environment 1(2005):22. eLibrary Science. Web. 25 Oct 2011.

  8. Info. hyperlinks • http://science.bigchalk.com/sciweb/science/do/document • http://science.bigchalk.com/sciweb/science/do/document • http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/authmaine.asp?url=/http://search.proquest.com/docview

  9. Pictures • http://simplyfantasticbooks.com/2010/12/04/swedish-fish-high-in-nutrients-low-in-mercury/ • http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/eohp/fish/images/Fish-poster-550.jpg • http://www.chesco.org/ccparks/lib/ccparks/creaturefeature/brook_trout_3.jpg • http://gallery.photo.net/photo/5198178-md.jpg

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