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Monday, August 17, 2009

Mercury in fish is widespread, U.S. survey findsWASHINGTON — No fish can escape mercury pollution. That's the take-home message from a federal study of mercury contamination released Wednesday that tested fish from nearly 300 streams across the country. Read complete story from MSNBC Iowa woman, 63, missing for 5 days found on raftIOWA CITY, Iowa — A 63-year-old eastern Iowa woman trapped on a small raft caught in tangled river brush could hear passing cars and people talking but ...

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