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Illinois Mercury Pollution Up 7 Percent At Coal Power Plants

First Posted: 3/18/10 Updated: 5/25/11

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chicagotribune.com:

Mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants is increasing in Illinois even as it declines nationwide, a troubling trend for the state because emissions of the toxic metal tend to fall back to earth close to the source.

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