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Immigrants, Poor, Fish Mercury; Salt Water Attacks Mekong Farms
Thursday, July 30, 2015 10:09
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Immigrants and poor people fish for their dinner, unaware of mercury. Many government-issued health warnings about fish fail to reach those who most need to hear them: low-income families and immigrants, some of whom fish daily or weekly for their family meals.
Salt water increasingly attacks Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. The Mekong Delta, Vietnam’s biggest granary, home to a widespread network of rivers and canals, has been threatened by the rising level of salt water flowing into rice fields and farms.
