Quote Originally Posted by L.A. stumpjumper View Post
The mercury is naturally occurring and has always been there, they just got to where they can measure the minute amounts in the last few years. Been eating fish all my life, the mercury must be addictive cause it makes me want to get more.
Agreed, it's probably always been there and only recently got the technology to detect such small amounts. Environmentalists say that it's because of pollution from coal power plants though. Even though one lake has it and another close by lake doesn't.