The Issue The issue that I have been studying all year is coal-burning plants along the shoreline, filtering mercury into the ocean, poisoning the aquatic life living there. Now, you may think that this doesn’t really affect us, but you would be wrong. That mercury…
To the Editor: I believe that coal burning plants should not be placed near big body’s of water because of the obvious leaking of mercury into the ocean. Instead of coal-burning plants, I think we should replace them with hydroelectricity plants. Coal-Burning Plants When coal is burned it releases…
This blog post is about what 2 elements from the periodic table are involved in my issue. Well, I have one pretty much handed to me on a silver platter. Another one could also be Oxygen because the Earth oceans cover 70% of our planet,…
When I was looking for people who have researched about this issue, I came across these 2 people from Yale. Their names are Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall. They are 2 professor’s teaching logic and philosophy at Yale and have started research on the…
So basically, this issue doesn’t exist without humans. The mercury that comes from the factories around the ocean. The mercury comes from the factories and is filtered into the ocean. Fish, who swim in this ocean, swim through the mercury. This means they are now…
Imagine you’re out fishing, and you catch a fish. You share it amongst your family at dinner. You wake up, not feeling quite right. You check in with your local doctor to find out you have mercury poisoning because the fish you caught swam near a…
