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Postby pewterdragn » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:44 pm

I know this is a political issue we can all get behind!

http://www.usatoday.com/money/industrie ... cury_N.htm
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Postby Houdini » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:25 pm

That sucks the Hudson river here is so polluted you cant eat the stupid fish anymore. Hey I got a solution lets send the Mercury to Mexico or is that only a one way destination.
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Postby Porkinator » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:46 pm

The permit exempts the BP plant at Whiting, Ind., 3 miles southeast of Chicago, from a 1995 federal regulation limiting mercury discharges into the Great Lakes to 1.3 ounces per year.
1 3 ounces ?
Is that really enough to do any damage ?
I mean that is a big damn lake .
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Postby Sideous Prime » Tue Jul 31, 2007 7:19 pm

it's all about lobbying. perhaps BP or someone at BP is a big contributor to a politcal campaigne and that's what helped get BP that permit. mercury is highly toxic and can be absorbed by the skin. i think we should make nyte go for a swim in lake michigan. :P
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Postby pewterdragn » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:50 pm

That much mercury is deadly and spreads very thin over a large area.
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Postby Yrrek » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:49 am

Wow, way to go EPA.

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Postby Porkinator » Wed Aug 01, 2007 9:49 am

I have been trying to research and see what is the safe levels on mercury.
It is manily released through coal buring and goes into the air.
This is what I found on drinking water.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminan ... rcury.html
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Postby law.of.averages » Wed Aug 01, 2007 2:20 pm

Porkinator wrote:I have been trying to research and see what is the safe levels on mercury.
It is manily released through coal buring and goes into the air.
This is what I found on drinking water.
http://www.epa.gov/safewater/contaminan ... rcury.html


It's not so much the water, but the fish, where it collects.
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