'Safer' pesticide could create toxic mercury, study says

Tuesday, August 19, 2014 - 11:50 in Biology & Nature

A compound in pesticides that replaced another banned for its harmful effects, may threaten humans and wildlife by reacting with mercury in natural water to form a toxic chemical, researchers said Tuesday.

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