Where Your Fish Get Their Mercury From

“There are many chemicals out there — and new ones being produced all the time — that we don’t know the effects of. But when it comes to mercury, we know where it comes from, we know where it ends up, we know what the human effects are. Now we have to think about whether we want to do anything about that.”
 — Marine scientist Celia Chen, discussing a new report on why fish are full of mercury, has the adorable idea that we might actually give some thought to reducing our emissions to help reduce those levels.