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Scientists Issue 'Giant Mercury Bomb' Warning

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Permafrost in the Arctic is melting due to climate change and global warming.

The melting of permafrost could result in toxic mercury leaching into the waters of Alaskan rivers.

Mercury poisoning can have serious health effects, particularly on the nervous system.

The amount of mercury being released from the Arctic isn't a threat, especially in drinking water.

Mercury stocks in discontinuous permafrost and their mobilization by river migration in the Yukon River Basin in Canada .

Mercury stocks are mobilized by migration, scientists say.

The study was published in Environmental Research Letters , published in the journal Environmental Research journal E.R.E ..

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