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URLwire
for Friday, March 19, 2004
Each year, U.S. power plants and other industrial facilities spew as much as 150 tons of mercury or more into the air. Mercury pollution settles into oceans and waterways, and gradually accumulates in fish. Eating fish contaminated with mercury, a poison that interferes with the brain and nervous system, can cause serious health problems, especially for children and pregnant women.The new site offers information on mercury's effects and its sources, tips for eating fish more safely and action opportunities you can take right now to reduce the threat from this hazardous pollution. Like lead, mercury damages the brain and nervous system. Mercury exposure can lead to developmental problems, learning disabilities, and mental retardation. Infants and children are at most risk, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the EPA. One in 12 American women of childbearing age have mercury in their blood above the level that could pose a risk to a developing fetus. Mercury pollution has contaminated 12 million acres of lakes, estuaries and wetlands -- 30 percent of the national total -- and 473,000 miles of streams, rivers and coastlines. Last year, 44 states issued warnings about eating mercury-contaminated fish, a 63 percent jump from 1993, when 27 states issued such warnings. Nineteen states have issued statewide advisories for mercury in freshwater lakes and rivers, and 10 states have issued advisories for canned tuna.
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