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EPA requires cleanup of mercury from cement plants http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1281484147
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced the nation's first limits on mercury emissions from cement plants.
The decision also will require reductions of other harmful pollutants from cement plants, including soot, also known as particle pollution, which is linked to asthma, heart attacks and premature deaths for people with heart and lung diseases.
The rules are part of a broader EPA air-cleanup plan. Next year the agency will put the first nationwide controls on mercury and other hazardous air pollutants from a much larger source, coal-fired power plants. The federal government presently doesn't require power plants to control mercury and other toxics.
Coal-fired power plants are the source of 51 percent of the manmade mercury emissions in the U.S, followed by industrial and other boilers, at 15 percent. Cement kilns are third, with 7 percent, according to the EPA.
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If they ain't careful, the EPA might find themselves wearing some cement shoes.
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