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... which was used to make hats.
https://archive.cdc.gov/www_cdc_gov/niosh/updates/upd-03-04-10.html
Industrial use of mercury has been phased out almost as much as possible, leaving coal combustion as the principal source of mercury pollution in the US. Not bad enough that coal causes acid rain (from sulfur and nitrogen in coal) and CO2, the principal GHG, it's also the biggest source of radioactive pollutants - worse than nuclear waste, or reactor emissions. And unlike nuclear reactors, it's not even a necessary part of the plant's operation - just unavoidable.
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