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Mercury is an unusual metal with a long history of usefulness and peril to humans. From Minamata, Japan, to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, in Latin American gold mines and Chinese coal-burning power plants, mercury is an environmental hazard that does not recognize national borders. Mercury's transboundary pollution raises economic, legal, social, health, and policy issues around the globe.
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