Dartmouth Superfund Mercury Site (IMAGE)

Dartmouth College

Dartmouth Superfund Mercury Site

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A Dartmouth-led study shows periphyton -- a mixture of algae, bacteria and other natural material living on submerged surfaces - is helping to transform mercury pollution from a Superfund site along a New Hampshire river into a more toxic form of the metal.

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Kate Buckman

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