Potential Public Health Threat From Heavy Metals In The Peak District, UK

Bacteria that consume heavy metals have been found in some of the most contaminated parts of the Peak District in the Southern Pennines and may be changing the pollutants into more toxic forms that could leak out into reservoirs, scientists heard at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.The U.K. has approximately 10 - 15 % of the total global area of blanket bog and it covers about 8% of our total land surface.

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Filed under: Public Health on April 2nd, 2008