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None. References. [3] [4] [5] Gruinard Island ( / ˈɡrɪnjərd / GRIN-yərd; [6] Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Ghruinneard) is a small, oval-shaped Scottish island approximately 2 kilometres ( 1⁄ miles) long by 1 km ( ⁄ mi) wide, located in Gruinard Bay, about halfway between Gairloch and Ullapool. [7] At its closest point to the mainland, it is ...
Dark Harvest Commando. The Dark Harvest Commando of the Scottish Citizen Army (DHC) was a militant group which in 1981 demanded that the British government decontaminate Gruinard Island, a site which had been used for anthrax weapon testing during World War II. They distributed on the mainland potentially anthrax-laden soil.
Gruinard Bay. Coordinates: 57.893°N 5.492°W. Gruinard Bay with Gruinard Island and the Summer Isles in the distance. Gruinard Bay is a large remote coastal embayment, located 12 miles north of Poolewe, in northwestern Ross and Cromarty, and is in the former parish of Lochbroom, in the west coast of Scotland .
For most men, though, mercury consumption isn’t an issue. “Most healthy adults would need to consume a lot of higher-mercury fish over long periods of time to develop any symptoms of mercury ...
The Grand Banks of Newfoundland are a series of underwater plateaus south-east of the island of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. The Grand Banks are one of the world's richest fishing grounds, supporting Atlantic cod, swordfish, haddock and capelin, as well as shellfish, seabirds and sea mammals.
A Field Guide to Long Island Sound: Coastal Habitats, Plant Life, Fish, Seabirds, Marine Mammals, and Other Wildlife. Connecticut: Yale University Press. pp. All. ISBN 978-0300220353. Weiss, Howard (1995). Marine Animals of Southern New England and New York. Connecticut: Bulletin. pp. All. ISBN 0-942081-06-4. "NOAA Fish Watch". NOAA Fish Watch.
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The presence of mercury in fish is a health concern for people who eat them, especially for women who are or may become pregnant, nursing mothers, and young children. Fish and shellfish concentrate mercury in their bodies, often in the form of methylmercury, a highly toxic organomercury compound.