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ISBN: 9780073522975

Author: American Chemical Society

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

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Chapter 4, Problem 58Q

Although coal contains only trace amounts of mercury, the amounts released into the environment by the burning of coal have significant consequences. Defend or refute this statement by gathering the appropriate evidence.

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