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alternative_medicine_forum From: Frank Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:07:52 -0700 (PDT) [CWATCHDOGREG] Act NOW to Protect our Kids from MercuryThu, 24 Jun 2004 17:14:28 -0400Congress Watchdog [CWATCHDOGREG] Act NOW to Protect our Kids from MercuryEnvironmental Protection Agency accepting comments ONLY UNTIL Tuesday,June 29DEMAND THAT THE EPA DO MORE TO PROTECT US FROM MERCURY!http://www.mercuryaction.org/getactive.htmlMercury is a major public health threat. Children exposed to even lowlevels of mercury before birth can experience developmental delay andlifelong damage to motor function, language, visual-spatial abilities,and memory. Recent EPA

estimates indicate that one in six women ofchildbearing age has blood mercury levels that exceed what is safe for afetus.Coal-fired power plants are the largest unregulated source of mercury.Smokestacks at these plants spew mercury pollution into the air.Eventually this mercury falls, settling in waterways and accumulating infish. People are primarily exposed to mercury by eating contaminatedfish.The technology exists today to reduce mercury emissions from powerplants by 90% in three years-from about 50 to 5 tons annually. However,EPA's current rule will reduce annual mercury emissions to only about 34tons by 2010, and potentially 15 tons by 2018.We must tell EPA that this is not enough! To submit a comment on EPA'sproposed mercury rule, visit:http://www.mercuryaction.org/getactive.htmlThe EPA is accepting comments until Tuesday, June 29th. If you

havenot yet commented on this rule, it is crucial that you do so now. Weare hoping that by June 29th 1 million people will have told the EPAthat its proposed rule is not protective enough. Power plants should berequired to reduce emissions by 90% by 2008.Thank you for taking action - please forward this message to yourfriends and colleagues!If you would like more information about Public Citizen, please visitus athttp://www.citizen.orgIf you would like to support our work protecting democracy, health andsafety, go tohttps://www.citizen.org/join/join---------------------------For more information about this, and the other issues PublicCitizen works on, please visit our website athttp://www.citizen.org/[Non-text

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