SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62706217/782-812119 April 2006Mr.
Humans get most of their mercury from eating fish- and mercury already
contaminates fish in everybody of water in Illinois .
A report released today by Illinois Public Interest Research Group shows that several of
Chicago's park lagoons contain some of the most mercury contaminated fish in Illinois.
The mercury in these fish endangers everyone, but it
does disproportionate harm to people in our communities for whom the lake and parklagoons are an important part of daily life: the recreational anglers, commercial andsubsistence fishermen, charter boat operators and their clients, Illinoisans who buy local ...
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