TRIPARTISAN CONCERN OVER MERCURY CONTAMINATION BURGEONING

Responding to a recent report indentifying five biological “hot spots” for mercury contamination in New England, New York and eastrn Canada, senators Hilary Clinton (D-NY), Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) are co-sponsoring a bill that would establish a nationwide monitoring system to track mercury contamination levels in air, water, soils and plants & animals. Mercury is a neurotoxin that is harmful to developing fetuses and children. Senator Collins has lambasted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s failure to account for hot spots in its recently adopted Clean Air Mercury Rule which regulates air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Click here to read the fulll story in the Bangor Daily News