MERCURY POLLUTION Threat to Global Environment? - Jerry Gentry - June 1971

Jerry Gentry

Mercury-laden swordfish and "tainted tuna" were recently banned for sale as human food. Which species will be next? Is the "mercury scare" merely a passing concern, or does it point up a basic fault in our modern technology? Last year Americans dumped over 1.2 million pounds of mercury into the air and water. Scientists now tell us this was a grave mistake. Mercury, once thought to be inert in the ecosystem, has proven deadly - and even if we quit dumping it now, mercury already in our atmosphere and waterways will still be there for decades to come. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library