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On Wed, 14 Nov 2012 10:44:22 -0500, iBoaterer wrote:

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Is the "food chain" supposed to include such things as mercury and other
heavy metals? Fecal matter? PCB's?

Heavy metals and chlorinated hydrocarbons, no. Fecal matter? Yes indeedy.

In the amounts that are in the Chesapeake these days??

The most troubling thing in the Chesapeake is nutrients from farm
runoff. That is what causes the dead zones.
There is an extensive monitoring program (Eyes on the Bay) but they
are not doing lab samples. It is also not a certified program. In that
regard this backward southern state (Florida) is way ahead of them.

Most of the problems in the Chesapeake Bay come from Pennsylvania and
New York.

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