Mercury on the Rise in Endangered Pacific Seabirds

Date July 6, 2011 Author By Russ Bianchi Category Animals, Insects, etc, Toxins, Pollution, Contaminants, Chemicals, Etc

ScienceDaily (Apr. 20, 2011) — Using 120 years of feathers from natural history museums in the United States, Harvard University researchers have been able to track increases in the neurotoxin methylmercury in the black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes), an endangered seabird that forages extensively throughout the Pacific.

Mercury on the Rise in Endangered Pacific Seabirds

Tags: mercury, seabirds