Dear Michigan –
Excellent
coverage in the Muskegon Chronicle of the airborne mercury problem. Click the
URL for the whole article.
-Rita.
Dangers of mercury pollution spreading
Monday, February 27, 2006
By Jeff Alexander
CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER
Eating
mercury-contaminated fish may endanger the health of more Americans than
previously believed, according to a recent study that found elevated
concentrations of the toxin in women of childbearing age.
A
University of North Carolina-Ashville study of hair samples found potentially
harmful mercury levels in 22 percent of 2,834 women between the ages of 16 and
49 who were tested; women in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia
were sampled.
The
study suggested that airborne mercury emissions from coal-burning power plants
and other sources remains a vexing environmental problem that poses potential
health risks nationwide to people who eat fish laced with mercury.
~Rita
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Rita Jack
Water Sentinels Project
Sierra Club Mackinac Chapter
109
E. Grand River Ave.
Lansing, Michigan 48906
tel: 517-484-2372
www.michigan.sierraclub.org
www.sierraclub.org/watersentinels
Make all Michigan's waters fishable and swimmable.