Goldilocks
attrib.— «This is the hot spot for methylmercury.…You can consider it the Goldilocks area, where sulfides for methylation are “just right.”» —“South Florida Scientists Investigate Toxin Poisoning Fish, Wildlife” by Cyril T. Zaneski Knight-Ridder Aug. 22, 1999. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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