Health Protection: Senate Urges Maintaining Mercury Pollution Controls.
The US Senate formally recognizes that mercury pollution, primarily from burning fossil fuels, poses a severe health risk, causing brain damage and birth defects. The resolution emphasizes that power plants are the largest source of these emissions and urges the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) not to weaken current mercury pollution control rules. This action aims to protect citizens, especially children and pregnant women, from consuming contaminated fish and air.
Key points
Mercury is recognized as a powerful neurotoxin causing permanent brain damage, kidney damage, and birth defects.
The Senate calls on the EPA to maintain strict controls on mercury emissions from fossil fuel power plants, the primary source of pollution.
Fish consumption advisories due to mercury contamination are currently in effect across all 50 states, highlighting the widespread health issue.
Status:
Introduced
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