“Mercury from power plants settles over waterways, polluting rivers and lakes, and contaminating fish. Exposure to mercury poses real risks to public health, especially to children and developing fetuses,” Browner said. “The greatest source of mercury emissions is power plants.” Today’s decision to address this problem marks a major step forward in the Clinton Administration’s ongoing efforts to protect public health and the environment.”

Exposure to mercury has been associated with both neurological and developmental damage in humans. The developing fetus is the most sensitive to mercury’s effects, which include damage to nervous system development. People are exposed to mercury primarily through eating fish that have been contaminated when mercury from power plants and other sources is deposited to water bodies. Once mercury enters water, biological processes can transform it into methylmercury, a highly toxic form of mercury that builds up in animal and human tissues.

After reading all this and more, I think it is safe to say that the Clinton administration was cleaning up the environment. Now you want us to take three steps back. Do you think the rise in Autism might possibly be an indication that Mercury is not safe. Just a thought. Are many future generations going to pay the price for your reckless disregard of the facts that have been given to you? Yes, they will. Environmental factors effect everyone but especially children and pregnant women. I think the price is too high to overlook.

The motto and soon to be epitaph of the entire Bush administration. Rejecting reality since 2001.

Whew. I feel so much better now.

Geez, and I used to be a Chinese dynasty!

Yeah

“AIR” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

“Any comment from the second chin?”

Otherwise known as the “Deputy” EPA Administrator.

Has Bush gven him instructions like, “Decide whatever you want, as long as it doesn’t hurt corporate profits.”? Because that’s the only way I can see that his statement might be true. Otherwise, he’s lying.