Harvey Swept Hazardous Mercury Ashore. The Mystery: Its Source.

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Harvey Swept Hazardous Mercury Ashore. The Mystery: Its Source.

By JACK HEALY and SHEILA KAPLANSEPT. 6, 2017
 

CHANNELVIEW, Texas — Public health officials are investigating a case of dangerous liquid mercury that appears to have washed or blown ashore here, east of Houston, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Bobby Griffin found the clusters of shiny silver mercury globules scattered across his San Jacinto riverfront property on Tuesday, a few hundred yards from the San Jacinto Waste Pits, a Superfund site that was inundated during last week’s storm.

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