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Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) Part III: Ecology

Post author By lindsaymcnamara
Post date October 8, 2012
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According to the Hidden Risk Report, a publication from the Biodiversity Research Institute in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, “invertivores” are greatly affected by mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants. Songbirds and bats are referred to as invertivores because they eat a variety of invertebrate species like spiders, snails and worms; not just insects. Invertivores […]

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