Appalachian Stream, Mud River Watershed (IMAGE)

Duke University

Appalachian Stream, Mud River Watershed

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Duke University researchers have found high levels of selenium in aquatic insects and the spiders that feed on them downstream from a major coal mining site in southern West Virginia.

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Photo by Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University

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