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MERCURY IN RIVER MOVES INTO TERRESTRIAL FOOD CHAIN
April 17, 2008
WILLIAMSBURG, Va., April 17 -- The College of William and Mary issued the following news release:

Songbirds feeding near the contaminated South River are showing high levels of mercury, even though they aren't eating food from the river itself, according to a paper published by William and Mary researchers in the journal Science.

Lead author Dan Cristol said his paper has wide-ranging international environmental implications. Mercury is one of the world's . . .

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