Re: Water quality ?

From: William Foote (foote@rendition.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Tue Aug 11 1998 - 10:10:18 PDT


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Mercury is probably the least of your worries. As I understand it the
mercury settles into the mud where it is absorbed by crustaceans and
then consumed by animals progressively higher up the food chain...

-william

Louis-Pascal Tock wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've been twice at the Haskins Flying tiger area and I noticed that this
> great windsurfing spot is not crowded: less than 10 persons on the
> water.
> I heard that they might be heavy metal (mercury) in the water.
> Does someone know something about it?
> I would like to find a laboratory to analyse the water. Any idea ?
> Thanks a lot.
> --
> Louis-Pascal.Tock@us.matranet.com-DeleteThis



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