ApocaDocs: Map of All Mercury Emissions from U.S. Coal-fired Power Plants, November 2011

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Posted Thu Feb 9 2012: from DesdemonaDespair:


	Map of All Mercury Emissions from U.S. Coal-fired Power Plants, November 2011 http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1328810965 Number of U.S. water bodies impaired by mercury, a particularly toxic component of coal plant pollution: 3,781 Of the 50 U.S. states, number that have fish consumption advisories due to unsafe mercury pollution levels: 50 Factor by which one study found mercury concentrations in fish have increased from the 1930s to today: 10 Portion of U.S. women of childbearing age who have enough mercury in their bloodstream to put their offspring at risk of health effects: 1 in 6 Percentage of U.S. women of childbearing age that had inorganic mercury in their blood in 1999: 2 That percentage in 2006: 30... Amount of mercury released by U.S. coal-fired power plants in 2009: 134,365 pounds

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'Doc Michael says:

Um... that mercury will biodegrade, right?