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Tell Walmart: Post Seafood Warnings ! TAKE ACTION !
Environment  (tags: environment, mercury, fish, Walmart, habitat, humans, protection )

Cher
- 32 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
Oceana is asking grocery stores to protect kids from mercury in fish by posting the Food and Drug Administration's mercury advice at their seafood displays. Over a third of the major grocery companies are on board but retailing behemoth Walmart has not
25 comments
Bush Rules on Toxic Mercury From Power Plants Overturned
Environment  (tags: pollution, metals, mercury, mercury poisoning, industry, Good News )

Mimi
- 306 days ago - sciam.com
The US Supreme Court denied an industry request to reconsider a lower court ruling against a Bush administration rule on mercury emissions from power plants.
9 comments
CALL CONGRESS! Co-Sponsor HR 5580 to Ban Mercury at the Foul Four Chlorine Plants!
Environment  (tags: mercury, chlorine plants, environment, pollution, contamination, habitat, wildlife, protection, nature )

Cher
- 653 days ago - takeaction.oceana.org
In 2005, when Oceana first set its sights on stopping chlorine companies from releasing mercury into our environment, nine plants were using outdated, mercury-polluting technology. Thanks to the efforts of WaveMakers like you, these "nasty nine"
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Warning: Vacate Room When CFL Bulb Breaks
Environment  (tags: toxic, mercury, eco-friendly, green )


- 719 days ago - worldnetdaily.com
Less than a month after the U.S. Congress passed an energy bill banning the incandescent light bulb by 2014, the UK Environment Agency issued guidelines calling for evacuation of any room where an energy-saving CFL bulb is broken, releasing toxic mercury.
13 comments
Power Plants Tied to Mercury Air Pollution
Environment  (tags: environment, air pollution, mercury, power plants, metal, toxic, vapor release, arizona, emissions )

Kristmas
- 787 days ago - azcentral.com
When it comes to mercury, a naturally occurring metal that can evaporate into a toxic, invisible vapor when released, Arizona's skies are not much dirtier or healthier than those of other states. AZ is 25th in the nation for mercury air emissions
3 comments
5 Ways to Recycle a CFL
Environment  (tags: energy, cfls, recycling, mercury, Sustainabililty )

Chris
- 824 days ago - lighterfootstep.com
CFLs are tough to beat when it comes to energy savings. But each bulb contains mercury. It's a small amount, but when you consider that 80 million CFLs have been sold in the U.S. this year, the importance of safe recycling becomes obvious. Here's how.
2 comments
Taiji Dolphin Killers Accused of Selling Poison Meat
Environment  (tags: dolphins, dolphin slaughter, mercury, pollution, toxins, habitatdestruction, destruction )

Simone
- 870 days ago - idausa.org
This is the first time that Japanese elected officials have openly stated that dolphin meat is unfit to eat because it contains dangerously high levels of mercury and methylmercury, which can cause irreversible brain damage and severe birth defects. Yama
1 comment
Environmentalists Demand Curbs on Mercury Trade
Environment  (tags: Mercury, Toxins, Pollution )

Cal
- 1055 days ago - enn.com
Industrialised nations should agree binding rules to cut use of the toxic heavy metal mercury and speed up plans to curb exports to the developing world, environmental activists said on Monday.
7 comments
   

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