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Answer - It is a Great Concern because microbes such as a hydra can consume some of that mercury which then a shrimp can consume that microbes which then transfer into the mouth of a trout which then when humans fish they consume the fish which later we get Mercury poisoning.

Reasoning - There are more concern but these are a few and some reasoning.

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