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Monday, October 14
In yet another "win" for Chicago and Lake Michigan in general, the NOAA has released a report which concludes that Lake Michigan receives more mercury pollution than any of the four other Great Lakes. The report, sponsored by Rep. Mark Kirk, R-Ill, has yet to be signed off on by the EPA but this bit of info is cause for concern.