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Carter to lead Fusion Energy Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Knoxville, Tenn, Oct. 1, 2009 Mercury pollution is a persistent problem in the environment. Human activity has lead to increasingly large accumulations of the toxic chemical, especially in waterways, where fish and shellfish tend to act as sponges for the heavy metal. A new discovery by scienti...