Toxic mercury emissions from coal and lignite plants have risen, while other industries have cut their pollution. A META investigation into new European industrial pollution data has revealed an enormous 87.5% rise in toxic mercury emissions from Polish coal-fired power plants. Meanwhile German coal and lignite plants were responsible for 30% of all mercury emissions from industry in the EU in 2016, more than Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium and France combined. Mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin which damages human health and can … Continue reading Jump in toxic mercury emissions from German and Polish coal