Syracuse, N.Y. – High levels of mercury have been found on the east side of Onondaga Lake, an unwelcome surprise that poses troubling questions about whether mercury contamination in parts of the lake is worse than previously believed.
Onondaga County detected mercury in every sample taken last fall from the bottom of the Onondaga Lake Park Marina, which the county plans to expand and renovate. Despite decades of testing and a cleanup of hundreds of acres of the lake bottom, there’s no record of testing in the marina until now.
The mercury at the bottom of the marina presents virtually no direct danger to people…