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Posted Mon Oct 27 2008: from Charleston Post and Courier:
Effects on wildlife studied http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1225113377
Frogs and other amphibians are experiencing a mysterious and dramatic decline across the world. Pollution is one suspect, he said. Climate change and disease are others. But his particular interest is coal-combustion waste, which he said is a complex brew of arsenic, selenium, chromium, mercury and other contaminants. More and more research is showing that these wastes are affecting wildlife.
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