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mercury-contaminated

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Adj.1.mercury-contaminated - contaminated by mercury
contaminated - corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence"


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Now the nonprofit groups are eager to help set strict emissions standards, ones that will begin to reverse years of damage, particularly mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants--emissions that have resulted in mercury-contaminated fish and fish advisory warnings in all 50 states.
Eating mercury-contaminated fish is the primary route of exposure for most people.
Children, pregnant women and fetuses are especially susceptible to neurological damage and are cautioned against consuming mercury-contaminated fish.
 
 
 
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