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Thu, 24 Jun 2004 17:14:28 -0400

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[CWATCHDOGREG] Act NOW to Protect our Kids from Mercury

 

Environmental Protection Agency accepting comments ONLY UNTIL Tuesday,

June 29

 

DEMAND THAT THE EPA DO MORE TO PROTECT US FROM MERCURY!

 

http://www.mercuryaction.org/getactive.html

 

Mercury is a major public health threat. Children exposed to even low

levels of mercury before birth can experience developmental delay and

lifelong damage to motor function, language, visual-spatial abilities,

and memory. Recent EPA estimates indicate that one in six women of

childbearing age has blood mercury levels that exceed what is safe for a

fetus.

 

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 in

fish. People are primarily exposed to mercury by eating contaminated

fish.

 

The technology exists today to reduce mercury emissions from power

plants 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 34

tons by 2010, and potentially 15 tons by 2018.

 

We must tell EPA that this is not enough! To submit a comment on EPA's

proposed mercury rule, visit:

 

http://www.mercuryaction.org/getactive.html

 

The EPA is accepting comments until Tuesday, June 29th. If you have

not yet commented on this rule, it is crucial that you do so now. We

are hoping that by June 29th 1 million people will have told the EPA

that its proposed rule is not protective enough. Power plants should be

required to reduce emissions by 90% by 2008.

 

Thank you for taking action - please forward this message to your

friends and colleagues!

 

If you would like more information about Public Citizen, please visit

us at

 

http://www.citizen.org

 

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safety, go to

 

https://www.citizen.org/join/join

 

 

 

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