Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Bush administration considers unloading mercury on world market With stunning foresight, the U.S. Department of Energy is pondering a sale of more than 1,300 tons of mercury on the world market. Never mind that mercury sold overseas will, in all likelihood, just drift back to the U.S. as toxic air pollution. Never mind that, as Linda Greer of the Natural Resources Defense Council objects, " If they flood the market, how do we persuade the rest of the world to work on solving this problem? " And never mind that two years ago, the Defense Department elected to keep its 4,400-ton mercury stockpile off the market to avoid " human health and ecological risks. " This is no time for sanity -- a bill to ban mercury exports is pending in the U.S. Senate, so the DOE needs to get crackin'. And what do federal environment-protectors have to say about it all? " We want to address the issue of all this excess mercury, but we need to do it in cooperation with the various stakeholders, " says EPA's Maria Doa. Good idea -- perhaps over a tasty plate of sushi? straight to the source: Chicago Tribune, Michael Hawthorne, 27 Nov 2006 History repeats itself and each time the price gets higher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 Hi Fraggle Is the US sharing all it's good things with the rest of the world again! Jo , fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote: > > Bush administration considers unloading mercury on world market > > With stunning foresight, the U.S. Department of Energy is pondering a sale of more than 1,300 tons of mercury on the world market. Never mind that mercury sold overseas will, in all likelihood, just drift back to the U.S. as toxic air pollution. Never mind that, as Linda Greer of the Natural Resources Defense Council objects, " If they flood the market, how do we persuade the rest of the world to work on solving this problem? " And never mind that two years ago, the Defense Department elected to keep its 4,400-ton mercury stockpile off the market to avoid " human health and ecological risks. " This is no time for sanity -- a bill to ban mercury exports is pending in the U.S. Senate, so the DOE needs to get crackin'. And what do federal environment-protectors have to say about it all? " We want to address the issue of all this excess mercury, but we need to do it in cooperation with the various stakeholders, " says EPA's Maria Doa. Good idea -- perhaps over a tasty plate of sushi? > > > > straight to the source: Chicago Tribune, Michael Hawthorne, 27 Nov 2006 > > > History repeats itself > and each time the price gets higher > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 29, 2006 Report Share Posted November 29, 2006 we try! >heartwerk <jo.heartwork >Nov 29, 2006 12:00 PM > > Re: a little mercury is good fer the soul > >Hi Fraggle > >Is the US sharing all it's good things with the rest of the world again! > >Jo > >--- In History repeats itself and each time the price gets higher Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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