2006-09-14 16:34:09 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Industrial runoff, agricultural runoff, leaching from unlined landfills,or illegal dumping. You can see mercury alot from pesticide applications from agricultural acitivities, gold mining operations (it was add to crushed ore to seperate the gold), or its also naturally occuring in small concentrations. You don't see titanium too much in groundwater or precipatation.
2006-09-14 17:04:52 · answer #1 · answered by tsihilin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like someone has been throwing away old flourescent ligtbulbs nearby, or maybe you live close to an old dump? mercury used to be in a lot of old household products, and is still used in some flourescent lighting these days...
titanium and mercury are both considered "heavy" metals... like uranium and plutonium.... they are very hazardous to humans, and if ingested can and will kill in hours. they get into ground water supplys by something called oxidation. oxidation is the breakdown of any metal because of oxygen... this is commonly reffered to as rusting. so if there is some kind of mercury or titanium deposit near the water table, or ground water source, they will eventually "rust" and breakup in the water
2006-09-14 23:44:40 · answer #2 · answered by MstrChief55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a dumping ground
2006-09-14 23:35:54 · answer #3 · answered by Rockstar 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋