Mercury Pollution
Americans want clean air, clean water and a safe environment in our urban and rural areas. We are only as healthy as the water our children drink, the air they breathe, and the communities in which they live. Unfortunately, thousands of Americans are harmed each year by mercury pollution, many of them pregnant women and children. Learn more...
What's Happening in Congress
House Democrats are urging the EPA to rethink this plan and to give Americans a mercury solution that puts our kids ahead of power plants. Democrats understand that environmental policy should put people before political paybacks. Learn more...
Hear What Others Have to Say
Read opinions from newspaper editors across the country:
"If Leavitt takes his job seriously, he will choose science over politics and begin anew on mercury pollution regulations. Better that the EPA eat humble pie than that Americans eat mercury-tainted fish for decades to come." -- St. Petersburg Times, 4/12/04
"One could almost see the new EPA chief's nose grow as he explained that the administration's proposal would help to make the next decade 'the most productive period in U.S. history in terms of air quality improvement.' What the proposal really does is drive up health care costs, threaten the future of countless children and sentence millions of Americans to poor health." - Concord Monitor, 12/15/03.
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The Facts
>> Millions of Americans live within 10 miles of plants that emit toxic mercury pollution.
>> Millions of American women have unhealthy amounts of mercury in their bloodstream.
>> On March 19, the FDA issued new recommendations that women of childbearing age and young children eat no more than six ounces of albacore tuna a week.
Don't Just Take Our Word for It
See what other groups are saying about the Administration's mercury rule:
>> Click here to read "Poisoning Our Skies," the League of Conservation Voter's new report on the proposed regulation and the health risks of mercury pollution.
>>Click here to read why sportsmen are against the Administration's proposal.
>> Click here to read Physicians for Social Responsibility's guide on ways to keep your family healthy.
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