2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 19:09:37 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Mercury from [California's] Gold Rush days reaching land below old mines
 
Mercury from Gold Rush days reaching land below old mines

Traci Watson
USA TODAY
October 28, 2013

There really is gold in them thar hills, but there's something else in California's ridges, and in its valleys as well: mercury, a toxic legacy of the Gold Rush that will last for thousands of years.

Scientists have found high levels of mercury, which miners used to extract gold, in the foothills and valleys below former gold mines in California's Sierra Nevada range. Once in the valleys, the mercury can enter the food chain and could eventually make its way to San Francisco Bay. There's evidence that the poisonous chemical continues to ooze out of the Earth and travel to vulnerable ecosystems.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/10/28/mercury-gold- rush-california/3191565/

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Lenny Siegel
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