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The Sierra Club works to protect our communities from mercury pollution and urges the federal government to require that polluting industries use the best available technology to reduce their mercury emissions as much as possible.
"I was tested for mercury last summer. My levels were 1.51, well above the amount the EPA considers unsafe. I ate fish often, but I never expected to see levels that high. I felt angry. My husband and I want to have a baby, but we've decided to wait so my body can get rid of the poison. I'm sad our government would turn their back on such an alarming problem."
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