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WV DEP: Low Fish Consumption Justifies Higher Mercury Levels [1]

"The [Department of Environmental Protection's] study shows that West Virginians consume less fish than the national average, and the agency is using the results to say mercury levels in West Virginia’s waterways can be higher than the federal EPA recommends."

Erica Peterson reports for West Virginia Public Broadcasting May 18, 2009. [2]
 

Chemicals [3]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]
Public [5]
Source: WV Public Broadcasting [2], 05/19/2009
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/wv-dep-low-fish-consumption-justifies-higher-mercury-levels [2] http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=9647 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/mid-atlantic [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81