Mercury pollution comes from coal power plants. Power plants are allowed, to some extent, to dump mercury and other pollutants into rivers, streams, and oceans. Most plants, you’ll notice, are located next to a river or a lake. Mercury is a toxic poison and can kill. It gets into our food supply, and is especially concentrated in fish. On December 16th, the EPA is expected to issue a ruling to lower the amount of pollution coal plants can dump into the environment. Source: Sierra Club Mercury Awareness HIGH RES

Mercury pollution comes from coal power plants. Power plants are allowed, to some extent, to dump mercury and other pollutants into rivers, streams, and oceans. Most plants, you’ll notice, are located next to a river or a lake. Mercury is a toxic poison and can kill. It gets into our food supply, and is especially concentrated in fish. On December 16th, the EPA is expected to issue a ruling to lower the amount of pollution coal plants can dump into the environment.

Source: Sierra Club Mercury Awareness

#pollution  #mercury  #Sierra Club  #fish  #fisheries  #pollution  #epa  
∞  12/06/11 at 10:59am
94 notes
  1. brw350 reblogged this from greenpeaceusa
  2. blamoscience reblogged this from climateadaptation
  3. catabiosis reblogged this from climateadaptation and added:
    Why do we still have coal plants?? (Obv. rhetorical)
  4. eatrantfuck reblogged this from laboratoryequipment
  5. laviesupernova reblogged this from laboratoryequipment
  6. cestdaftpunk reblogged this from laboratoryequipment and added:
    let’s just bury all of the fish in the sand until the poisonous stuff goes away and then eat it raw
  7. laboratoryequipment reblogged this from climateadaptation
  8. hi-brizil reblogged this from on-thee-fence
  9. badwolfday reblogged this from socialuprooting
  10. onlylivinggirlinla reblogged this from climateadaptation
  11. phrenicschits reblogged this from nutopiancitizen
  12. greenandfree reblogged this from absurdreasoning
  13. bucarneasyelefantes reblogged this from socialuprooting
  14. on-thee-fence reblogged this from climateadaptation
  15. finitecircuit reblogged this from absurdreasoning
  16. hairyprincess reblogged this from socialuprooting
  17. itsrainingtea reblogged this from inspirement
  18. inspirement reblogged this from socialuprooting
  19. parkstepp reblogged this from socialuprooting and added:
    climateadaptation:
  20. nutopiancitizen reblogged this from absurdreasoning
  21. edgeraid reblogged this from socialuprooting
  22. pelandocables reblogged this from socialuprooting
  23. socialuprooting reblogged this from greenpeaceusa
  24. greenpeaceusa reblogged this from climateadaptation
  25. istellar reblogged this from climateadaptation
  26. s3xdrugsandrocknroll reblogged this from climateadaptation