Dumping Toxic Mercury Across America
For the last five years my wife, Marilyn, has worked across the globe to reduce the level of mercury contamination in the developing world. This week, the same administration that claims vaccines damage children announced that coal plants could start dumping mercury— a toxin proven to create birth defects and brain damage in children— right here in America again.
Welcome to the new America, folks. Today, Marilyn tells us what this change means for all of us. Please share it far and wide with anyone you think might be interested and thank you for the ongoing support!
This week, I was devastated to learn that as part of rolling back dozens of environmental rules, the Trump administration is going to let coal-fired power plants and other industrial polluters return to dumping toxins like mercury, arsenic, and benzene into American air and water. Claiming that this pollution is necessary to address a “national emergency,” the administration has even set up what critics are calling a “polluters’ portal” – an electronic mailbox where companies can quickly and easily request the President’s sign-off to quickly get back to dumping mercury in our air and water. It’s now easier to poison our country with mercury than it is for a senior to get the social security they earned.
As someone who has spent years fighting mercury pollution, this news hits too close to home.
https://lucaskunce.substack.com/p/dumping-toxic-mercury-across-america
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