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We Can Protect American Women and Children from Mercury Pollution (PDF)
Julie Risser of Edina, a suburb of Minneapolis, worries that what she is feeding her two young daughters may make them sick or hinder their ability to learn. Since the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released an advisory in March 2004 warning women and children about eating fish due to high levels of mercury, Julie limits the amount of fish she feeds her daughters. Read more.
The Clean Air Mercury Rule: Weak Control Standards For Coal-Fired Power Plants (PDF)
In March 2005 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a mercury plan that lets power plants spew three times the amount of mercury pollution into our air for decades longer than strong enforcement of the Clean Air Act allows. Known as the Clean Air Mercury Reduction rule, the plan requires states to either adopt the federal standards or propose their own standards by the end of the year. Read more.
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