Help Greenpeace Stop Mercury Pollution - Get Tested!

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According to a recent Centers for Disease Control

report, one out of every six children born in the U.S.

has potentially dangerous levels of mercury in his or

her body.

 

That's 630,000 babies a year at risk of brain damage,

problems with language development, and balance and

coordination deficiencies, all because the Bush

administration won't tell coal-burning power plants to

clean up their act.

 

Greenpeace thinks this is unacceptable - so we're

launching a campaign to clean up our air and water.

You can help this campaign while determining your own

level of mercury exposure by purchasing a simple

self-test kit online at:

 

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/mercury.

 

These kits will be sold at cost as part of the largest

study of mercury exposure in human bodies ever

conducted. In partnership with the University of North

Carolina - Asheville, we will be testing hair samples

from 10,000 people throughout the country in an effort

to draw attention to this public health crisis and to

determine exactly how bad the damage is. WE NEED

VOLUNTEERS to have their own hair tested and to help

organize testing events.

 

Nearly half the mercury contamination in the country

comes from antiquated coal-fired power plants that

have escaped regulation for years under a grandfather

clause. The Clinton EPA put rules in place to reduce

mercury emissions from these plants by 90%. The Bush

EPA is not only trying to delay implementing the rules

for another ten years, they want to water them down to

allow for even more mercury emissions.

 

Meanwhile, the state environmental agencies and the US

Food and Drug Administration are busy issuing

advisories warning women of childbearing age not to

eat fish because the mercury contamination problem is

so bad.

 

By taking a test, you can help pressure the Bush

administration to make the switch from polluting

fossil fuels, to healthier, renewable energy. We'll

use the results from our report to hammer home the

point – fossil fuels are not healthy for children or

our

environment!

 

Again, the link is:

 

http://www.greenpeaceusa.org/mercury.

 

Please help us protect women and children from mercury

by getting tested. Greenpeace, our waterways, and

630,000 babies thank you!

 

 

 

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