Mercury Pollution

1. Healthy Air: Texas Should Reduce Toxic Mercury
2. 5 of the 10 Worst Mercury Pollution Power Plants are in Texas. Find out where they are (Adobe pdf file)
3. Harvard Study of Health Benefits from Controlling Mercury From Coal Plants (Adobe pdf file)
4. Harvard Study Monetizing Report Tables (Adobe pdf file)
5. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences / Mt. Sinai School of Medicine report
   Public Health and Economic Consequences of Methylmercury Toxicity to the Developing Brain (Adobe pdf file)
6. UT Health Science Center San Antonio: Environmental mercury release, special education rates, and autism disorder: an ecological study of Texas Adobe pdf file
7. Mercury and Disabilities: A Parent’s Guide (Adobe pdf file)
8. Mercury and the Developing Brain (Adobe pdf file)
9. EPA Clean Air Mercury Rule for New and Existing Coal-fired Utilities. (Adobe pdf file) 2005
10. Clean Air Task Force- Talking Points on Mercury Rule 3/14/2005
11. Local Impacts of Mercury from Coal-Fired Power Plants
    Prepared by Clean Air Task Force, March 2003
12. Summary of field tests of power plant mercury controls -
    90%+ reductions have been achieved, even with lignite 9/2004 Study (Adobe pdf file)
13. Texas’ Mercury advisories
14. New! Healthy Fish, Healthy Families pocket guide to fish and mercury
    and brochure” from Physicians for Social Responsibility
15. SEED Coalition Testing for Mercury in Fish
• Austin Fish Testing
• Dallas Fish Testing
• San Antonio Testing
16. Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson on mercury, March 18, 2004 Adobe pdf file
17. National Wildlife Federation brochures
• Anglers: What You Need to Know About Mercury and Fish Adobe pdf file
• Mercury and Wildlife: A Pervasive Threat Adobe pdf file
• Mercury Contamination: What it means for outdoor enthusiasts and the fish and wildlife they value Adobe pdf file
• Testimony to EPA by Felice Stadler of National Wildlife Federation
18. Factsheets and Reports:
Fair Warning: Why Grocery Stores Should Tell Parents About Mercury in Fish Adobe pdf file
• Dirty Kilowatts – America’s Most Polluting Power Plants, by Ilan Levin, Environmental Integrity Project, May 2007

Press release for new Dirty Kilowatts report

• Texas Power Plants in Latest Toxic Release Inventory Data – from EPA’s 2004 TRI
• Texas Medical Association Committee Consensus Statement on Mercury
• Statement on EPA Mercury rules – Karen Hadden
• Healthy Air: Texas Should Reduce Toxic Mercury

Factsheet 3/15/05

• Data Correlate mercury, autism 3/18/05
• UT Health Science Center San Antonio: Environmental mercury release, special education rates, and autism disorder: an ecological study of Texas Adobe pdf file
• Harvard Study of Health Benefits from Controlling Mercury From Coal Plants (Adobe pdf file)
• Harvard Study Monetizing Report Tables (Adobe pdf file)
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences / Mt. Sinai School of Medicine report
  Public Health and Economic Consequences of Methylmercury Toxicity to the Developing Brain (Adobe pdf file)
• Mercury and Disabilities: A Parent’s Guide (Adobe pdf file)
• Mercury and the Developing Brain (Adobe pdf file)
• EPA Clean Air Mercury Rule for New and Existing Coal-fired Utilities. (Adobe pdf file) 2005
• Clean Air Task Force- Talking Points on Mercury Rule
• 5 of the 10 Worst Mercury Pollution Power Plants are in Texas. Find out where they are
• Learn more about the dangers of mercury pollution
• Texas Medical Association Committee Consensus Statement on Mercury
• Brain Food. What Women Should Know About Mercury in Fish (Courtesy of U.S. PIRG)
• Purchasing for Pollution Prevention: Fact Sheet on Specifying and Sourcing Mercury-Free HVAC and Building Equipment
19. Mercury press clips
    Toxic Mercury Pollution:
    Texas leads the nation in toxic power plant mercury pollution!
• Environmental group sponsors mercury testing; Hair clippings part of an effort to thwart power plants.
  Austin American Statesman 5/08/08
• Autism Incidence Increased by Mercury Emissions PR Newswire 5/05/08
• Judges reject TXU plant Dallas Morning News 8/24/06
• TXU’s Oak Grove plant hits stump in permitting processWaco Tribune 8/24/06
• Panel Advises Against TXU Plant Houston Chronicle 8/24/06
• Panel calls for rejection of TXU plant near Waco Fort Worth Star Telegram 8/24/06
• Judge recommends denying TXU’s permit request coal plant Associated Press 8/23/06
• Marston: Texas is on the wrong side of global warming Austin American Statesman Guest Editorial Jim Marston 8/22/06
• Laura Miller: We all deserve a better solution than these fast-tracked, polluting plants
  Dallas Morning News Guest Editorial Dallas Mayor Laura Miller 8/21/06
• Group says pollution studies are tainted Dallas Morning News 8/10/06
• Firm’s study on power plants questioned
  Fort Worth Star-Telegram 8/9/06
• Texas Power Plants Pack Emissions List – Texas power plants rank worst nationally for mercury and carbon dioxide
  Dallas Morning News 7/28/06
• New Nuclear Plants Too Risky to Build and Too Costly to Operate
  Press Release 6/21/06
• State Dropout Rate High For Bush Mercury Plan CQ Weekly May 29, 2006
• The Coal War, The Texas Observer 11/5/05
• New EPA Mercury Rule Omits Conflicting Data Washington Post 3/22/05
• Data Correlate mercury, autism San Antonio Express News 3/18/05
• EPA Targets Mercury ‘Hot Spots’ at Power Plants Los Angeles Times 3/16/05
• New mercury limits raise toxic debate, especially here Houston Chronicle 3/16/05
• New mercury rules to start slowly San Antonio Express News 3/15/05
• Effect of new mercury emissions rule on local air plan unclear Longview New Journal 3/16/05
• EPA Issues Rules to Cut Mercury Pollution Dallas Morning News 3/16/05
• EPA Fails on Mercury Reductions; Final Rule Even Weaker Than Proposal and Won’t Protect Texas’ Children
  Press Release 3/15/05
• Bush to Permit Trading of Credits to Limit Mercury New York Times 3/14/05
• I am what I Ate Salon Magazine 11/17/04
• Mercury Controls Work – Florida study Washington Post 11/06/04
• Mercury levels fall in Glades birds, fish St. Petersburg Times 11/06/04
• Texas Increases Mercury Emissions and Leads the Nation in Toxic Mercury from Power Plants for Third Year: Reducing Health Risks is Urgent Press Release 6/24/04
• EPA to review mercury emissions plan Dallas Morning News 5/12/04
• Editorial: Mercury rising Waco Tribune 4/2/04
• Editorial: Mercury standards already pose danger San Antonio Express News 3/21/04
• Citizens Urge EPA to Protect Texans From Toxic Mercury Pollution:
  Mothers Opposing Mercury Rally and Citizens’ Mercury Hearing Press Release 3/13/04
• Mothers Opposing Mercury (MOM) Rally And Citizens’ Mercury Hearing Press Release 3/12/04
• Groups cite mercury in locally sold fish 3/5/04
• FACTSHEET: EPA’s Weakening of the Clean Air Act’s Mercury Protections 2/18/04
• SUPPLEMENTAL FACTSHEET: The EPA’s Weakening of the Clean Air Act’s Mercury Protections 2/18/04
• Mercury Threat To Fetus Raised EPA Revises Risk Estimates
  Washington Post 2/06/04
• Mercury Threat to Kids Rising, Unreleased EPA Report Warns
  Wall Street Journal 2/20/03
• EPA Regulations on Mercury Backed
  AP 7/11/01
20. Media – EPA Mercury Rule:
• Washington Post 3/22/05
• Houston Chronicle 3/16/05
• Longview News Journal 3/16/05
• Los Angeles Times 3/16/05
• Dallas Morning News 3/16/05
• San Antonio Express News 3/15/05
• San Antonio Express News Editorial 3/21/04
• New York Times 3/14/05