After reading the recent article on mercury levels in SC’s fish, which supplied the following quote, it got me wondering what I could do about it:

Mercury hot spots in the Edisto River/Four Holes Swamp area and along the Little Pee Dee and Lynches rivers showed how some people who eat fish from these waterways have unusually high levels of mercury in their bodies.

It’s not a new story, but certainly one to be aware of. Also mentioned was that new coal plants may be coming. While it’s America’s most abundant domestic source of energy, besides the obvious, and more GREEN choices of solar, wind, etc., it’s also extremely hazardous to our health.

Nuclear energy provides the best alternative until alt-energy sources become more economical. Nuclear power plants are under more stringent safeguards since 3-Mile Island and Russia’s non-OSHA-enforced Chernobyl disaster, but I digress.

Below is a map from DHEC showing mercury warning and advisory sites across SC:

Looks like I need to check labels to see where my store bought seafood is coming from.

*UPDATE: Environmental groups critical of proposed power plant