- KR BHARAT
- 2025-11-23
A study of 738 UK coastal Harbour Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) stranded between 1990 and 2021 found mercury levels rising by about 1% a year — nearly doubling since the early 1990s. Animals with higher mercury burdens had a significantly elevated risk of dying from infectious disease, underscoring how ocean contamination persists despite the Minamata Convention on Mercury aimed at curbing mercury pollution.






