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Trouble by the water: Minnesota's lakes under threat
Dan Kraker
On Farm Lake, east of Ely, Minn.
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Across northern Minnesota’s pristine lake country, mercury contamination is growing

the water quality testing
Dave Setterholm holds a plankton net on Farm Lake on July 25 near Ely, Minn., while demonstrating some of the tests he regularly performs on the lake. Setterholm is water monitoring director for the White Iron Chain of Lakes Association.
Derek Montgomery for MPR News

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Hundreds of North Woods lakes are contaminated with mercury, even in the Boundary Waters. Researchers working on solutions acknowledge a tough reality: Humans often can't control toxic pollutants once they’re released into the environment.