Mercury in the air?

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Ah... now they are talking.... Oregon State's DEQ checks
cement manufacturers against their own reports to the state.
Guess what they found?

Reference:
"The Oregonian", Friday August 4th 2006
"Errors understate mercury emissions"
By: Micheal Milstein

Brief snippet:
"An eastern Oregon cement plant that releases more toxic
mercury into the air than any other source in the state actually emits far
more mercury than it had reported to the authorities. The new figures
released Thursday make the Ash Grove Cement plant in Durkee the third
largest source of airbourne mercury in the nation in 2004, the last year
with national statistics availible. The only larger sources were a California
cement plant and a Nevada Gold mine.

Coal-fired plants are the nationwide target of new regulations to control
mercury. which collects in the food chain and puts babies at risk of neurological
damages and learning disabilities.

But the Durkee plant in 2004 vented into the air more than a ton of mercury,
hundreds of pounds more than the nation's larget coal-burning power plant,
according to federal figures.

No mercury limits apply to cement plants because the U.S. EPA has concluded
no reasonably priced controls are available.

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You can read more if you want the full story in "The Oregonian"

I am flabbergasted... all along political talks were about COAL PLANTS
and NOW IT IS CEMENT PLANTS!! Geez, another Bush administration's
hidden ace-in-the-sleeve magic trick!

But keep in mind that this reports only ONE violator and certainly
there are probably thousands of more like it. I can tell you that
in Oregon, we are continually warned not to eat shellfish as it
is known that from time to time, higher than normal mercury
levels makes shellfish, fish, etc. toxic for human consumption.

Please note also that the Oregonian's comment about the effects
on BABIES and says nothing about non-babies - so there is a little
politics playing here, perhaps? I am sure it is toxic to ALL humans.
The key is: Mercury causes:
neurological damages and learning
disabilities
so it is one of those things that DUMB HUMANS
DOWN and knowledge will be BLOCKED. What a great way [for the
lizzies] to prepare for the coming harvest! OSIT.
 
"An eastern Oregon cement plant that releases more toxic
mercury into the air than any other source in the state actually emits far
more mercury than it had reported to the authorities.
Corporations self-policing themselves... There's a problem too.
 
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