SALT LAKE CITY — Every state has so much mercury in its water that it’s dangerous to eat many of the fish caught in its lakes and streams — and Utah’s Great Salt Lake is no exception.
There are no fish in the lake, but mercury contamination travels through sediment and microscopic organisms into brine flies and brine shrimp. Ducks that live on the lake and eat those shrimp and flies end up being dangerous to eat.
All this and more was discussed Wednesday at this year’s Great Salt Lake Issues Forum, held every two years by Friends of Great Salt Lake, a nonprofit advocacy agency.
