2008

Over the past four years, the team of researchers has observed a buildup of mercury in the sparrows as they summer on Plum Island, feeding among the vegetation and laying their eggs. Then the levels decrease when the birds fly south for the winter. Come summer the levels rise again, especially among the sparrows on Plum Island.

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I would say this is the biggest doom of all for East Coast after storm , Government only knows what is in soil, water ect and I would bet they have know for many years or would not have been looking at relocating