Study links autism risk to distance from power plants, other mercury-releasing sources

• Autism Risk Linked to Distance From Power Plants, Other Mercury-releasing Sources
  Science Daily 4/25/08 pdf file
• Statement Regarding New Mercury Findings - Karen Hadden for SEED 4/30/08
• Autism Incidence Increased by Mercury Emissions PR Newswire 5/05/08

E.P.A.

• E.P.A. Proposes New Limits on Lead in the Air, the First Revision in 30 Years
  New York Times 5/02/08

Toxic Mercury Pollution:
Texas leads the nation in toxic power plant mercury pollution! Learn More:

• Mercury Pollution Section

Fishing for Trouble - new report by Clear the Air
Texas leads the nation in mercury pollution from coal plants... Learn more here!

• Fishing for Trouble: How Toxic Mercury Contaminates Fish in U.S. Waterways
  5 of 10 Worst Mercury Polluting Coal Plants are in Texas
  SEED Press Release (10/25/04)
• Fishing for Trouble
  Clear the Air study (10/04)
• Media Coverage

New Report
Fair Warning: Why Grocery Stores Should Tell Parents About Mercury in Fish Adobe pdf file

Spotlight on San Antonio
CPS has been permitted to build an additional 750 MW coal-burning power plant at their Calaveras Lake site in San Antonio. Read related media articles here...

Dirty Air, Dirty Power
New report shows deaths, heart attacks and lung cancer linked to power plant pollution.

• Dirty Kilowatts - America's Most Polluting Power Plants, by Ilan Levin, Environmental Integrity Project, May 2007
• Dirty Air, Dirty Power Report (Adobe pdf format)
• Power Plant Impacts Charts for TX Cities (Adobe pdf format)
• Statement of Dr. Lisa Doggett on Dirty Air, Dirty Power Report Release - June 9, 2004 (Adobe pdf format)
• EPA power plant data - 1999-2002

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