Researchers: Plants Play Leading Role in Cycling Toxic Mercury Through the Environment
April 01, 2021
April 01, 2021
LOWELL, Massachusetts, April 1 (TNSJou) -- The University of Massachusetts Lowell campus issued the following news release:
Researchers studying mercury gas in the atmosphere with the aim of reducing the pollutant worldwide have determined a vast amount of the toxic element is absorbed by plants, leading it to deposit into soils.
Hundreds of tons of mercury each year are emitted into the atmosphere as a gas by burning coal, mining and other industrial and natural proces . . .
Researchers studying mercury gas in the atmosphere with the aim of reducing the pollutant worldwide have determined a vast amount of the toxic element is absorbed by plants, leading it to deposit into soils.
Hundreds of tons of mercury each year are emitted into the atmosphere as a gas by burning coal, mining and other industrial and natural proces . . .