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" Reinhard Lauer " <R.Lauer

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Saturday, July 05, 2003 5:31 PM

Re: [AMALGAM] Fw: [ban-toxics] CLEAR SKIES TO CONTINUE TO BE FULL

OF MERCURY

 

 

> +++++ Mercury Poisoning from Dental Amalgam <AMALGAM

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>

> Concerning Bush's mercury politic please read a letter written by some

> senators to the White House, date February 24, 2003.

>

> Citation:

>

> " ... a stronger agreement was undermined by U.S.negotiators. We have

> obtained a confidential U.S.negotiating document for the talks that

> reveals that your administration's strategy was to oppose efforts by the

> European Union and other nations to develop a binding international

> agreement on mercury. In fact, your administration opposed even voluntary

> goals for mercury reduction. "

>

> See the full text in

>

http://reform.house.gov/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_enviro_mercury_bush_feb_24_l

> et.pdf

>

> Reinhard

>

> > +++++ Mercury Poisoning from Dental Amalgam <AMALGAM

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> >

> >

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> > Bernard Windham

> > ban-toxics

> > Cc: Autism-Mercury

> > Friday, July 04, 2003 7:25 AM

> > [ban-toxics] CLEAR SKIES TO CONTINUE TO BE FULL OF MERCURY

> >

> >

> > CLEAR SKIES TO CONTINUE TO BE FULL OF MERCURY

> > One of President Bush's most ambitious environmental proposals is in

> > jeopardy -- the goal of cutting mercury emissions from coal-burning

> > power plants 46 percent by 2010. Many in the utility industry are

> > complaining that such a requirement, which is part of Bush's " Clear

> > Skies " legislation, would cost far more than expected and could force

> > some coal-fired plants to switch to cleaner-burning natural gas.

> > Republicans from the Midwest, home to many of the nation's dirtiest

> > coal-burning power plants, are insisting that the mercury provision

> > in the bill be rewritten -- and the administration seems content to

> > go with the flow rather than defend its initial proposal. " They

> > touted it as a big initiative, and now they are quietly tiptoeing

> > away from it, " said Frank O'Donnell of the Clean Air Trust. Mercury,

> > which most often makes its way into humans through consumption of

> > contaminated fish, can cause birth defects, lung damage, behavioral

> > changes, and neurological damage to young children, among other

> > health problems.

> >

> > straight to the source: Washington Post, Eric Pianin and Guy

> > Gugliotta, 29 Jun 2003

> > <http://www.gristmagazine.com/forward.pl?forward_id=1293>

> >

> > do good: Take action to preserve the Clean Air Act

> > <http://www.gristmagazine.com/dogood/air.asp?source=daily#grandfather>

> >

> >

> >

> >