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Do you think much about the air you breathe?
If you don't think about it much, consider this: air pollution leads to
illnesses such as heart disease, strokes, cancer and bronchitis. We thought you
would like to know more about the impacts of air pollution on your health.
Power plants emit 41% of the mercury emissions in the United States. The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed to weaken and delay efforts
to clean up mercury emissions from the nation's 1,100 coal-fired power plants,
which are the largest unregulated source of mercury in the U.S. Tell the EPA to
take its role seriously:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/18289
The technology exists today to drastically reduce the amount of mercury in
our environment. We just need the political will. Tell the EPA to take our
health seriously and reduce mercury emissions from power plants. Take action
today:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/18289
Mercury causes neurological problems in fetus' and young children. At least one
in eight women have high enough mercury levels in their blood to put their
unborn children at risk.
The EPA must aggressively address mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants
for the health of all Americans.
We should all be concerned about the threat mercury contamination poses to our
health and to the air we all breathe. Take action today to protect yourself from
soot and smog and to breathe cleaner air:
http://www.care2.com/go/z/18289
Thank you for taking action.
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