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    Mercury gets into the environment through emissions from coal burning power plants, factories, and mines that release mercury waste or chemicals into the air, soil, rivers, and sea. Mercury then enters food chains when it is absorbed by plant roots from soil, plant leaves from air, or aquatic plants and animals from water. Mercury moves up food chains as smaller organisms are consumed by larger ones, accumulating in the tissues of organisms at each level. Mercury is harmful because it damages the nervous system in humans and mammals and can impact growth and reproduction in many animals.

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    Mercury gets into the environment through emissions from coal burning power plants, factories, and mines that release mercury waste or chemicals into the air, soil, rivers, and sea. Mercury then enters food chains when it is absorbed by plant roots from soil, plant leaves from air, or aquatic plants and animals from water. Mercury moves up food chains as smaller organisms are consumed by larger ones, accumulating in the tissues of organisms at each level. Mercury is harmful because it damages the nervous system in humans and mammals and can impact growth and reproduction in many animals.

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    Science Mercury Project

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    Mercury gets into the environment through emissions from coal burning power plants, factories, and mines that release mercury waste or chemicals into the air, soil, rivers, and sea. Mercury then enters food chains when it is absorbed by plant roots from soil, plant leaves from air, or aquatic plants and animals from water. Mercury moves up food chains as smaller organisms are consumed by larger ones, accumulating in the tissues of organisms at each level. Mercury is harmful because it damages the nervous system in humans and mammals and can impact growth and reproduction in many animals.

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    Mercury in

    Food Chains
    SCIENCE PROJECT
    Y-6
    Almost all substances
    that contain mercury,
    even at very low levels,
    are toxic and can be
    dangerous in food chains
    Mercury gets into the
    environment when
    How does mercury waste or chemicals
    mercury get containing mercury
    are released by coal burning
    into the power plants,
    environment? factories or mines into the air,
    soil, rivers and
    the sea.
    How does mercury get into food chains?

    Mercury gets into food chains when it is


    absorbed from the soil by plant roots,
    from the
    air by plant leaves, or from the water by
    aquatic
    plants and animals.
    How does mercury move
    through food chains?

    .
    Why is mercury harmful to living
    things?
    Mercury is harmful to living things
    because it
    damages their bodies. For example, in
    humans
    and other mammals, mercury damages the
    nervous system. It can also affect growth
    and
    reproduction in many animals.
    THANK
    YOU SO
    MUCHFor your attention

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