China's mercury flushes into Oregon's rivers

Contaminant - A fifth of the poisonous metal found in the Willamette is from outside North America

Friday, November 24, 2006

The inky smoke belched by chimneys in Chinese cities such as Linfen and Datong contains mercury, a metal linked to fetal and child development problems. Trace amounts of the poison can take less than a week to reach Oregon, where research suggests that about one-fifth of the mercury entering the Willamette River comes from abroad -- increasingly from China.

Mercury and other airborne contaminants collect over China during the winter and spring un...

China's mercury flushes into Oregon's rivers

Contaminant - A fifth of the poisonous metal found in the Willamette is from outside North America

Friday, November 24, 2006

The inky smoke belched by chimneys in Chinese cities such as Linfen and Datong contains mercury, a metal linked to fetal and child development problems. Trace amounts of the poison can take less than a week to reach Oregon, where research suggests that about one-fifth of the mercury entering the Willamette River comes from abroad -- increasingly from China.

Mercury and other airborne contaminants collect over China during the winter and spring until Siberian winds arrive bearing dust from expanding Chinese and Mongolian deserts. Every five or six days, the winds flush out eastern China, sending dust and pollutants such as ozone precursors high over the Pacific, says Russ Schnell, observatory and global network operations director for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

http://www.usconservation.org/china/china%20pollution.htm

Meanwhile, the dopey pols in Washington are trying to terrify
us into paying double for all forms of energy with their stupid
Cap & Tax laws and regulations b/c the idiots think CO2 is a
threat to our planet. (without CO2--Earth would turn into a lifeless, barren rock.)