GLIN==> PBS NOW on mercury in fish, Friday Evening

["Alex J. Sagady & Associates" <ajs@sagady.com>]

TOO BAD PBS NOW GOT CUT TO A 1/2 HOUR SHOW
AFTER BILL MOYERS LEFT....
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http://www.pbs.org/now/
http://www.pbs.org/now/science/mercuryinfish.html

TONIGHT [FRIDAY] ON PBS NOW.....

This week on NOW:

In America one-in-six children born every year have been exposed to mercury 
levels so high that they are potentially at risk for learning disabilities 
and motor skill impairment and short-term memory loss. That type of mercury 
exposure is caused by eating certain kinds of fish, which contain high 
levels of the toxin from both natural and man-made sources such as 
emissions from coal-fired power plants. One government analysis shows that 
630,000 children each year are exposed to potentially unsafe mercury levels 
in the womb. If the government and its scientists know about the mercury 
problem, why do so many people continue to be poisoned? David Brancaccio 
reports on the dangers of mercury in our food and examines how the 
government is falling short in protecting consumers.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has earned a reputation as a leading thinker on 
environmental issues. On a boat cruising in one of the nation?s most 
polluted waterways, David Brancaccio finds out why, for Kennedy, saving the 
environment has become an almost spiritual quest to preserve nature?s 
legacy. ?Wilderness enriches us,? he says. ?It connects us?ultimately to 
our creator.? Kennedy is a senior attorney for the Natural Resources 
Defense Council (NRDC) and serves as Chief Prosecuting Attorney for the 
Hudson Riverkeeper and President of Waterkeeper Alliance. He was named one 
of TIME magazine?s ?Heroes for the Planet? for his success helping 
Riverkeeper lead the fight to restore the Hudson River. He has worked on 
environmental issues across the Americas, and he is credited with leading 
the fight to protect New York City's water supply. His books include THE 
NEW YORK TIMES bestseller CRIMES AGAINST NATURE (2004).


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