PRESS CLIPS
News Articles:
6/30/03 ENS:
UN Committee Recommends Stricter Mercury Limits
6/30/03 News Observer:
State hopes to widen hunt for mercury
6/25/03 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
DNR votes to require tougher mercury rules
6/16/03 The Salt Lake Tribune:
Grappling With Electronic Waste
6/12/03 Reuters:
Study finds “safe” mercury levels may harm adults
6/04/03 Environmental News Service:
Swedish Commission Recommends Ban on Mercury Amalgam
6/01/03 Evansville Courier & Press:
Indiana’s mercury pollution rated high
5/29/03 Environmental News Service:
Indian Waste Mercury Met by Activists in New York
5/29/03 Environmental News Service:
High Mercury Levels Found in Rain
5/28/03 National Wildlife Federation:
90% Reduction in Mercury Emissions From Power Plants
2/11/03 International Herald Tribune:
UN endorses effort to curb use of mercury
6/06/02 New Scientist:
Extreme mercury levels revealed in whalemeat
2/3/99 BBC News:
Mercury poisoning disease re-emerges
Press Releases:
5/13/03 Mercury Policy Project:
Health and Environmental Advocates Applaud Wild Oats Commitment to Post Mercury Seafood Warnings in Stores for Mothers and Children
3/11/03 Ewire Press Release:
Mercury Legislation Rising in 24 States as Pollution, Exposure Concerns Grow, Say Advocates
6/04/03 U.S. EPA:
EPA Releases Annual National Listing of Fish and Wildlife Advisories
6/13/02 CT Department of Environmental Protection:
Governor Signs Mercury Legislation at Ceremony in Hartford
2/25/02 MA Representative Jim Marzilli:
Governor Signs Ban on Sale of Mercury Thermometers into Law
6/20/00 New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen Press Release:
Governor Signs Law to Help Protect New Hampshire’s Environment From Mercury
This package was last updated on July 25, 2003.
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