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Investigators tested headwaters in 36 burned sites and 21 unburned sites in Idaho, Washington and Oregon. What they found was burned watersheds had an 89% higher concentration of mercury in suspended particles. The likely culprit is erosion, which carries mercury into the water.
https://www.ksut.org/2024-08-15/usgs-wi ... hylmercury
USGS study: Wildfires linked to jumps in headwater mercury concentrations
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