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The Mystery: Its Source.</span></h1><figure class="ResponsiveMedia-media--32g1o ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi ResponsiveMedia-sizeMedium--3hVlk styles-ledeMedia--1s9BI ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi" aria-label="media" role="group" itemProp="associatedMedia" itemID="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY3/07MERCURY3-articleLarge.jpg?quality=30&amp;auto=webp" itemType="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="ResponsiveMedia-container--G2JS6 ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi"><span class="accessibility-visuallyHidden--OUeHR">Image</span><img alt="" class="Image-image--2zb04" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY3/07MERCURY3-articleLarge.jpg?quality=30&amp;auto=webp" srcSet="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY3/07MERCURY3-articleLarge.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 600w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY3/07MERCURY3-jumbo.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY3/07MERCURY3-popup.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 650w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY3/07MERCURY3-superJumbo.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 2048w" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw"/></div><figcaption class="ResponsiveMedia-caption--1dUVu Media-caption--wlc0l ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi" itemProp="caption description"><span class="ResponsiveMedia-captionText--2WFdF Media-captionText--2e27a">On his property on the San Jacinto River in Channelview, Tex., Bobby Griffin found dangerous globules of mercury, washed or blown ashore.</span><span class="ResponsiveMedia-credit--3F-q_ Media-credit--1ZFho" itemProp="copyrightHolder"><span class="accessibility-visuallyHidden--OUeHR">Credit</span><span>Eric Thayer for The New York Times</span></span></figcaption></figure><div class="styles-bylineTimestamp--2J2fe styles-toneNews--29Vp_"><div class="elementStyles-byline--33rWc styles-byline--Dn1Bu styles-toneNews--29Vp_"><div class="Byline-bylineGroup--2XIy_"><p class="">By<!-- --> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/by/jack-healy" class="Byline-bylineAuthor--d8i20 elementStyles-authors--voZdU">Jack Healy</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/sheila-kaplan" class="Byline-bylineAuthor--d8i20 elementStyles-authors--voZdU">Sheila Kaplan</a></p></div></div><time class="Timestamp-timestamp--3FJff elementStyles-timestamp--26VGL styles-timestamp--KJFCK" dateTime="2017-09-06" itemProp="datePublished" content="2017 - 09 - 06">Sept. 6, 2017</time></div></header><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">CHANNELVIEW, Texas — Public health officials are investigating a case of dangerous liquid mercury that appears to have washed or blown ashore here, east of Houston, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Bobby Griffin found the clusters of shiny silver mercury globules scattered across his San Jacinto riverfront property on Tuesday, a few hundred yards from the San Jacinto Waste Pits, a Superfund site that was inundated during last week’s storm.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Harvey cut a path through industrial corridors, raising concerns about pollution and runoff. Public health officials are especially concerned about flooding at highly contaminated Superfund sites, designated by the federal government for clean up.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Lisa Montemayor, an environmental investigator for Houston’s health department, said that officials would be dispatched to Mr. Griffin’s property as soon as possible, but she could not yet say where the mercury had come from, or how widespread the contamination was.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Elemental mercury, a liquid metal that breaks into tiny droplets, is a neurotoxin poisonous to the brain and the nervous system. It is not well-absorbed through the skin, but its vapors can enter the lungs.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences says that mercury is extremely dangerous, “with a few drops generating enough fumes to contaminate the air in a room.” It is less dangerous outside, but it poses a hazard if people pick it up or stand near it.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Mr. Griffin, who earned a living renting out mobile homes on his land until the storm wrecked them all, first noticed a spray of silvery dots in the wet sand that clung to his bare toes on Tuesday.</p><figure class="ResponsiveMedia-media--32g1o ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi ResponsiveMedia-sizeMedium--3hVlk ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi" aria-label="media" role="group" itemProp="associatedMedia" itemID="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY4/07MERCURY4-articleLarge.jpg?quality=30&amp;auto=webp" itemType="http://schema.org/ImageObject"><div class="ResponsiveMedia-container--G2JS6 ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi"><span class="accessibility-visuallyHidden--OUeHR">Image</span><img alt="" class="Image-image--2zb04" src="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY4/07MERCURY4-articleLarge.jpg?quality=30&amp;auto=webp" srcSet="https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY4/07MERCURY4-articleLarge.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 600w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY4/07MERCURY4-jumbo.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY4/07MERCURY4-popup.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 650w,https://static01.nyt.com/images/2017/09/07/science/07MERCURY4/07MERCURY4-superJumbo.jpg?quality=100&amp;auto=webp 2048w" sizes="((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw"/></div><figcaption class="ResponsiveMedia-caption--1dUVu Media-caption--wlc0l ResponsiveMedia-toneNews--pMwMi" itemProp="caption description"><span class="ResponsiveMedia-captionText--2WFdF Media-captionText--2e27a">One of the gray, silvery dots of mercury Mr. Griffin noticed on his property.</span><span class="ResponsiveMedia-credit--3F-q_ Media-credit--1ZFho" itemProp="copyrightHolder"><span class="accessibility-visuallyHidden--OUeHR">Credit</span><span>Eric Thayer for The New York Times</span></span></figcaption></figure><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">He called out for a New York Times reporter who happened to be on his property, looking for toxic contamination left behind after the storm, to come over.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Mr. Griffin, 57, picked up one cluster with his knife, tipped it into the palm of his left hand and watched it dance, split into pieces and come back together.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">“It’s all over here,” Mr. Griffin said, pointing to cluster after cluster. He said he had not seen the material before the storm came.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">He said he knew little about mercury’s health hazards. Qilin Li, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rice University, subsequently identified the material as mercury.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Mercury has been used in older thermometers, fluorescent light bulbs and some electrical switches. It can also transform into methylmercury and enter the water supply. Fish contaminated with mercury have been a major source of exposure for people in the United States. Mercury has been a major air pollutant and a byproduct of manufacturing.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Stan Meiburg, who left his position as the Acting Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency earlier this year and is now a professor at Wake Forest University, said in an interview that the mercury could have been carried from a contaminated Superfund site, or, more likely, was in a container nearby that broke open during the flood.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Mr. Meiberg said the risk is greater if mercury is found inside a home or building. “Nobody should pick this up,” he said.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">Jackie Young, executive director of the Texas Health and Environment Alliance, said she was concerned about the mercury.</p><p class="Paragraph-paragraph--2eXNE elementStyles-paragraph--3EIcW elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft">“We need our agencies to act immediately on this finding,” she said. “We have no idea where these floodwaters could have carried these contaminants from and I fear that more residents could come in contact with it unknowingly.”</p><div class="bottom-of-article"><div class="elementStyles-addendums--1S4tV elementStyles-toneNews--sRTft"><div class="elementStyles-item--3LqVB"><strong class="elementStyles-type--1unKw">Correction<!-- -->:</strong> <div class="elementStyles-body--3GmpB">An earlier version of this article gave an incorrect name for an air pollutant and byproduct of manufacturing. 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