Fish remain high in selenium long after mountaintop coal mines close
Colin A. Cooke, Jennifer A. Graydon, Andreas Luek, Xiufen Lu, Hailey Yu, X. Chris Le, Megan Reichert
The paper shows that selenium levels in fish from Crowsnest Lake remain high decades after an abandoned mountaintop coal mine closed, posing continued ecological risks.
Environmental Science & Technology · Apr 14, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology