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Trial on mercury cleanup in Penobscot River begins

By Alanna Durkin
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AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Nearly 15 years after the closure of a chemical plant that dumped mercury into Maine’s Penobscot River, a federal trial began Tuesday to determine whether the company now responsible for it must pay to clean up the downriver contamination that advocates say puts humans and wildlife at risk.

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