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Why is the presence of mercury in water of great concern to environmentalists?

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Answer - It is a Great Concern because microbes such as a hydra can consume some of that mercury which then a shrimp can consume that microbes which then transfer into the mouth of a trout which then when humans fish they consume the fish which later we get Mercury poisoning.

Reasoning - There are more concern but these are a few and some reasoning.
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