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New mercury scare risks lives, harms fish industry.(Insider Report)
"E.P.A. Says Mercury Taints Fish Across U.S." blared the New York Times headline on August 24. The article's opening sentence reads: "The head of the Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that fish in virtually all of the nation's lakes and rivers were contaminated with mercury, a highly toxic metal that poses health risks lot pregnant women and young children."
"Michael O. Leavitt, the E.P.A. administrator, drew his conclusion from the agency's latest annual survey of fish advisories," the Times story continued, "which showed that 48 states--all but Wyoming and Alaska--issued warnings about mercury last year. That compared with 44 states in 1993, when the surveys were first conducted."
Buried in the article, between the dire headlines and frightening-sounding statistics, is the important admission that "the widespread presence of mercury reflected a surge in monitoring--not an increase in emissions." The story also acknowledged that the E.P.A. had "provided a chart showing the level of mercury emission from human causes fell 45 percent in 1999 from 1990."
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- Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH) June 1, 2007 700+ words
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- Mercury scare for Japan's dolphin killers
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- The tuna-mercury scare: Sorry, Charlie, you're a tempting target.
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 2004 700+ words
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- Press release article from: PR Newswire September 15, 2005 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Seafood Business April 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) July 9, 1998 700+ words
ENVIRONMENT bosses in Sandwell today appealed for sharp-eyed residents to help them clamp down on irresponsible tippers who dump dangerous or potentially deadly chemicals. The plea follows a major alert in which children were found playing with mercury. The liquid metal, which is highly poisonous,
- CHILDREN IN POISON MERCURY SCARE.
- Newspaper article from: Birmingham Evening Mail (England) February 26, 1998 700+ words
ENVIRONMENTAL health chiefs were today examining waste ground where youngsters are feared to have been contaminated after coming into contact with a ball of poisonous mercury. A worried parent sparked a major health alert after around 20 children were found to have been playing with globules of the
Source: HighBeam Research, New mercury scare risks lives, harms fish industry.(Insider Report)