Great Salt Lake laden with toxic mercury

Courtesy MSNBC.com: Environment  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 17:59

U.S.<br /><br />Fish and Wildlife Service biologist Chris Cline marks a cinnamon teal duck egg with an identification number on June 30, 2008, in the marshlands along the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake.<br /><br />Eggs are then tested for mercury levels.The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks.

And, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is heavily laden with toxic mercury.


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