Ecosystems on the Edge: Tracking Mercury

In Animals, Marine Science, Plants, Science & Nature, Video / 24 September 2013

Smithsonian biologist Cindy Gilmour describes where mercury pollution comes from, how it morphs into the neurotoxin methylmercury, and if we’re finally starting to solve the problem.

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Tags: Chesapeake Bay, conservation, conservation biology, pollution, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center