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Foreign pollutants may be behind rising mercury levels

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Minnesota officials are reporting a reverse in the trend of lower amounts of mercury in fish, with increases found over the past ten years.And scientists believe this is probably happening in Wisconsin and other Great Lakes states as well.Mike Simonson reports from Superior…

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