Mercury Poisoning

Graduation Shakes Deep Roots

Ronnie Citron-Fink | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Environment, Graduation, Motherhood, Coal, Global Warming, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Activism, Green News
Ronnie Citron-Fink

As our children graduate across the country, my hope is that the planet-saving roots that anchored so many of these college graduates to fertile ground will not be shook to the core by greed, politics and apathy.

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Something's Unnatural in the Air

Liza Donnelly | Posted 05.18.2012

Read More: Environment, Cartoons, Coal, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Politics, James Inhofe, Green News
Liza Donnelly

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Car Guys Know We Need Strong Regulations

Mark Burns | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Environment, Economics, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Politics, Cars, Green Cars, Auto Industry, Clean Air Act, Green News
Mark Burns

During the annual inspection of my station wagon, my car guy told me how excited he was about the future of the automobile: the promise of electric cars, battery improvements, near-zero emissions and high-mileage.

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A Worried Mother Does Better Research Than the FBI

Dominique Browning | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Mercury Pollution, Mercury Children, Mercury Emissions, Mercury Poisoning, Green News
Dominique Browning

These are things that get to our children -- no matter where they are, whom they are with, and what they are doing. So I started doing research. And I was dumbfounded to find out what is legal.

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Is Mercury in Fish as Harmful as You Thought?

EatingWell | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Mercury, Healthy Eating, Eating Well, Mercury Poisoning, Seafood, Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, Epa, Fda, Food News
EatingWell

The fact that most ocean fish are so high in selenium explains why more and more research suggests the benefits of eating seafood outweigh any risks mercury exposure could pose. Do I (and you) really need to be avoiding those fish?

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Black With Asthma

Dominique Browning | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Asthma, Mercury Poisoning, African-American Community, Asthma Black Children, Childhood Asthma, Pollution and Asthma, Asthma Environment, Green News
Dominique Browning

Reducing air pollution -- and the outpouring of mercury, a potent neurotoxin that disproportionately harms the developing brains, hearts and lungs of fetuses, babies, and toddlers -- is a social justice issue of profound significance.

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Jessica Capshaw: TV Doc Advocating for Clean Air

Dominique Browning | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Cancer, Asthma, Motherhood, Leukemia, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Alliances, Green News
Dominique Browning

Jessica Capshaw has it right: polluters have money and influence, but moms have love. Lots of love. And mother love is the strongest force of all.

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Sometimes, You Just Have to Laugh...

Dominique Browning | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Environment, Cartoons, Asthma, Motherhood, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Green News
Dominique Browning

Very simply, we are throwing off way too much CO2, along with other greenhouse gases-and we've disturbed the natural, gorgeous, life-enhancing balance of our atmosphere.

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5 Scientists (and Dr. Oz) Make Clean Air Sense

Ronnie Citron-Fink | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Environment, Asthma, Coal, Economics, Politics, Alliances, Science, Resources, Mercury Poisoning, Pollution, Green News
Ronnie Citron-Fink

Scientists know that stripping the EPA of its ability to protect our children against environmental pollutants means more asthma attacks, more respiratory illnesses and disease, and more premature deaths.

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If Fish Could Talk...

Liza Donnelly | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Environment, Cartoons, Coal, Mercury Poisoning, Food, Political Cartoons, Green News
Liza Donnelly

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Mercury Isn't Just a Hazard for Young Children, It's a Health Risk for Adults Too

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Coal-Fired Power Plants, Fish, Epa, Mercury, Mercury Pollution, Fertility, Memory Loss, Mercury Poisoning, Air Pollution, Clean Air Act, Developmental Delays, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Mercury is most commonly recognized as a developmental toxin, threatening to young children and fetuses as they develop their nervous system. But mercury is also a danger for adults.

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Historic Progress on the Environment Under President Obama

Frances Beinecke | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Fuel Efficiency, Lead, Hybrids, Arctic, Electric Cars, Clean Cars, Epa, Mercury, Asthma, Jobs, Mercury Poisoning, Barack Obama, Offshore Drilling, Coal-Fired Plants, Clean Energy, Green News
Frances Beinecke

Even in the face of a year of unprecedented and unrelenting congressional assault on the environment, President Obama has proven that prosperity fits hand-in-hand with clean air and clean water, and strong public health protections.

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Julianne Moore And Moms Vs. Air Pollution

Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Dominique Browning, Julianne Moore Mom, Julianne Moore, Moms Clean Air Force, Julianne Moore Mcaf, Julianne Moore Activist, Air Pollution Asthma, Childrens Health, Anti Pollution, Mom Activists, Mercury Poisoning, Clean Air Act, Parents-Moms, Video, Parents News

Julianne Moore is recruiting an army of moms to help everyone breathe easier. "It's time for polluters to stop bullying us. It's time for moms to roar...

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At Last!

Margie Alt | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Mercury in Waterways, Mercury, President Obama, Epa, Power Plants, Mercury Pollution, Mercury Poisoning, Public Health, Clean Air, Children's Health, Clean Air Act, Green News
Margie Alt

For the first time in American history, the President and his EPA have committed to protecting our families from harmful mercury pollution from power plants.

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The Mercury Moment

Michael R. Bloomberg | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Dirty Coal, Clean Air, Michael Bloomberg, Mercury, Mercury Pollution, Special Interests, Mercury Poisoning, Coal, Clean Air Act, Politics News
Michael R. Bloomberg

Coal-fired power plants and the pollution they produce are the number one threat to our public health and the environment. This is not an issue of jobs versus the environment. It's an issue of the American people's public health versus a narrow special interest.

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Safe Sushi? There's An App For That

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Mercury, Sushi, Safe Sushi, Mercury Poisoning, Sushi Mercury, Sierra Club, Video, Food News

Mercury poisoning doesn't just happen to Jeremy Piven. Mercury is released by industrial pollution and can accumulate in bodies of water, which fish t...

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How To Stay Mercury-Free

Avital Binshtock | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Energy, Women, Test, Green Life, Power Meter, Children, Conservation, Pregnancy, Obama, Emissions, Pollution, Mercury Poisoning, Babies, Power, Coal, Electricity, Health, Fish, Waste, Mercury, Sushi, Sierra Club, Seafood, Green News
Avital Binshtock

December 5 marks the beginning of the Sierra Club's Mercury Awareness Week. In anticipation of that, here are four ways to help you keep the toxic stuff out of your life.

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PHOTOS: Disturbing Ad Campaign Suggests Power Plants Could Threaten Pregnancies

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Christian | Posted 01.08.2012

Read More: Environmental Protection Agency, Video, American Lung Association, Coal-Fired Power Plants, Pregnancy Mercury, Mercury Pollution, Beyond Coal Campaign, The Sierra Club, Mercury Poisoning, Sierra Club Mercury, Sierra Club Ad Campaign, Green News

Disturbing images of pregnant bellies confronted commuters in Washington, DC this week. The threat of mercury pollution from coal-fired power plan...

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Fetal Rights: The Right to Life Case Against Air Pollution

Dominique Browning | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Children Mercury, Mercury and Children, Mercury Children, Coal-Mercury, Mercury Babies, Mercury Poisoning, Green News
Dominique Browning

I hope -- and I know that I am joined by many who pray for this -- that for the sake of Texas' children, born and unborn, religious organizations will harness their powerful political force to fight against coal-plant pollution.

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Mercury In Fish: How Much Is Too Much?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Mercury Pollution, Mercury in Fish, Mercury Poisoning, Healthy Living, Mercury Children, Mercury Fish, Mercury, Mercury Pregnancy, Nutrition, Health Care, Mercury Nursing, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

Figuring out which fish is safe to eat -- and how often you should eat fish -- has become fraught with worry, mainly due to concerns about mercury content.

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Mercury, Seafood, and the Wall Street Journal

Carl Safina | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Epa, Mercury Pollution, Mercury Poisoning, Toxic Emissions, Global Warming Deniers, Wall Street Journal, Clean Air Act, Global Warming, Corporate Interests Global Warming, Coal-Fired Plants, Green News
Carl Safina

A recent Wall Street Journal op-ed accuses the EPA of fabricating evidence to support their proposed rule to limit mercury and other toxic emissions. That's quite a claim.

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Sierra Club Took My Hair and All I Got Was a Beyond Coal Button

Lisa Kaas Boyle | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Epa, Governor Jerry Brown, Cerebral Palsy, Learning Disabilities, Mercury, Ladwp, Beyond Coal Campaign, Neurotoxin, Lisa Jackson, Mercury Poisoning, Sierra Club, The Cove, Clean Air Act, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Methylmercury, University of Georgia, Green News
Lisa Kaas Boyle

I just had a lock of my hair chopped off to benefit science and the planet. I was joined by other moms, children and babies in more than 25 cities ac...

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Covert Study Finds Mercury At Thrice The Federal Limit In Some Fish

GOOD | By Andrew Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mercury, Seafood Mercury, Federal Mercury Levels, Mercury Poisoning, Fish Mercury, Fish, Seafood, Food News

San Francisco-based public awareness campaign Got Mercury? released the results from its most recent undercover fish testing operation earlier today. ...

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Viktor And Marina Kalashnikov, Russian Dissident Journalists, Possibly 'Poisoned' In Germany

Posted 05.25.2011

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German authorities have launched an investigation into a possible poisoning attack against a Russian dissident couple living in Berlin, the BBC is rep...

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No Link Found Between Vaccine Mercury And Autism

Yahoo! News | Frederik Joelving | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Autism Symptoms, Causes of Autism, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Immunizations, Vaccines and Autism, Autism Vaccines, Mercury Poisoning, Immunization, Vaccines, Healthy Living News

A new government study adds to the evidence that thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative until recently found in many vaccines, does not increase chi...

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