WATER POLLUTION,ESPELLY MERCURY

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WATER POLLUTION,ESPELLY MERCURY

• BY LAKE SUPERIOR

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HOW DOES MERCURY GET IN THE WATER

• when it rains water flows all around the ground
  while the water flows mercury is picked up off
  the ground and flows into lakes and rivers.
• Before after

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Is it safe to eat toxic fish?

• No, eating contaminated fish exposes people and
  fish-eating wild life to the most toxic form of
  mercury, methyl mercury.

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Howdoes mercury effect on people?

• It damages nerve system.
• It damages your five senses

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How does mercury effect animals?

• Methyl mercury is found in fish eating animals.
  effects of Methyl mercury exposure in wild life
  can include death or birth defect.
• This is a mutated bird and others.

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What brakes down mercury?

• Sunlight brakes down mercury .

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Where does mercury come from?

• Mercury is a natural substance , but can enter
  the environment from human activities. These
  activities include air emissions and improper
  disposal of mercury-containing products.

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how can mercury be contained?

• It is safely contained in plastic and it bonds
  and is avoid with gold silver and other common
  metals.

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Steps to clean up a small mercury spill.
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Can mercury be good for you?

• The pharmaceutical industry that has handicapped
  and countless children with mercury based
  vaccines is able to buy a study that says a known
  neuro-toxin is good for the brains of infants and
  small children and improves their behavior.

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What color is mercury?

silver
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We need to help our environment to save the lives
of many animals
We need to act now
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Bibliography

• Wisconsin department of history
• wickapeada

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