Studying Great Salt Lake’s High Mercury Levels

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 03:42 in Earth & Climate

The Great Salt Lake is so briny that swimmers bob in the water like corks, and, for reasons scientists cannot explain, it is laden with toxic mercury.

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