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A.Melon wrote:
Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories. Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.


You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury
in the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both
the brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to
mercury can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can
also suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who
are of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which
fish are the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in
moderation and choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of
this is that fish is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people
not to eat it. So you have to give them more information, so they can
make the best choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the
Environment in New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had a
significant environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But there
are no hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could score
lower on IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as 24 points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish warnings,
it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem. Fish, after
all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams. Coal-fired
power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the largest source of
man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company stand in the way of
international efforts to prevent mercury pollution and are doing little
the stop it at home.




















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"Jim," wrote in message
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A.Melon wrote:
Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories. Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.


You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury in
the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both the
brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to mercury
can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can also suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who are
of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which fish are
the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in moderation and
choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of this is that fish
is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people not to eat it. So you
have to give them more information, so they can make the best choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the Environment in
New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had a significant
environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But there are no
hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could score lower on
IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as 24 points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish warnings,
it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem. Fish, after
all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams. Coal-fired
power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the largest source of
man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company stand in the way of
international efforts to prevent mercury pollution and are doing little
the stop it at home.



What a biased report. US coal fired plants are some of the cleanest plants
in the world. And since we have the possibility to make very clean power
via nuclear which most likely you and your political allies oppose, we are
stuck with firing plants with coal or expensive imported oil. You want
dirty, go to China. When my friends went over there in 2001, they said,
they never saw the sun because of all the pollution and smog. Go to China
and complain.


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Bill McKee wrote:

"Jim," wrote in message
...

A.Melon wrote:

Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories. Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.


You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury in
the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both the
brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to mercury
can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can also suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who are
of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which fish are
the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in moderation and
choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of this is that fish
is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people not to eat it. So you
have to give them more information, so they can make the best choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount Sinai
School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the Environment in
New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had a significant
environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But there are no
hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could score lower on
IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as 24 points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish warnings,
it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem. Fish, after
all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams. Coal-fired
power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the largest source of
man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company stand in the way of
international efforts to prevent mercury pollution and are doing little
the stop it at home.



What a biased report. US coal fired plants are some of the cleanest plants
in the world. And since we have the possibility to make very clean power
via nuclear which most likely you and your political allies oppose, we are
stuck with firing plants with coal or expensive imported oil. You want
dirty, go to China. When my friends went over there in 2001, they said,
they never saw the sun because of all the pollution and smog. Go to China
and complain.


I'm all for nuke power just as soon as you figure out to do with the
spent fuel
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"Jim," wrote in message
...
Bill McKee wrote:

"Jim," wrote in message
...

A.Melon wrote:

Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories.
Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.

You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury in
the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both
the brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to
mercury can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can also
suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who are
of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which fish
are the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in moderation
and choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of this is that
fish is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people not to eat it.
So you have to give them more information, so they can make the best
choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:


http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the
Environment in New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had
a significant environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But there
are no hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could score
lower on IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as 24
points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish
warnings, it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem.
Fish, after all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams.
Coal-fired power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the
largest source of man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company
stand in the way of international efforts to prevent mercury pollution
and are doing little the stop it at home.


What a biased report. US coal fired plants are some of the cleanest
plants in the world. And since we have the possibility to make very
clean power via nuclear which most likely you and your political allies
oppose, we are stuck with firing plants with coal or expensive imported
oil. You want dirty, go to China. When my friends went over there in
2001, they said, they never saw the sun because of all the pollution and
smog. Go to China and complain.

I'm all for nuke power just as soon as you figure out to do with the spent
fuel


Recycle it, breeder reactor. Bury it in a salt dome. You are not talking
about a big quantity of material that is high level radioactive. Remember
that coal mining and coal fired plants release huge amounts of radioactive
material in to the enviroment. (Radon)


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I'm all for nuke power just as soon as you figure out to do with the spent
fuel


Iraq wants it....

Brian




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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Jim," wrote in message
...
A.Melon wrote:
Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories.
Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.


You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury in
the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both
the brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to
mercury can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can also
suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who are
of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which fish
are the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in moderation
and choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of this is that
fish is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people not to eat it.
So you have to give them more information, so they can make the best
choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the
Environment in New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had a
significant environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But there
are no hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could score
lower on IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as 24
points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish warnings,
it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem. Fish, after
all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams. Coal-fired
power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the largest source of
man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company stand in the way of
international efforts to prevent mercury pollution and are doing little
the stop it at home.



What a biased report. US coal fired plants are some of the cleanest
plants in the world. And since we have the possibility to make very clean
power via nuclear which most likely you and your political allies oppose,
we are stuck with firing plants with coal or expensive imported oil. You
want dirty, go to China. When my friends went over there in 2001, they
said, they never saw the sun because of all the pollution and smog. Go to
China and complain.


1) Particulates from coal burned in power plants is easily traced to its
source using marker chemicals designed for that purpose. That's how we know
where the crud comes from. They may be the cleanest in the world, but
they're still no panacea. If scientists say that the crud (including
mercury) in lakes in the Adirondack Mountains of NY came from Ohio, it came
from Ohio. End of discussion.

2) Regarding your comment on about opposition to nuclear power, I'd suggest
you either throw away your script, or stop speaking to whomever feeds you
your lines. The opposition involves the total lack of a solution to the
disposal problem, something you cannot argue against. At this moment, you're
getting ready to respond with a comment about how Yucca Mountain is a good
solution, according to "experts". But, hang on before you respond. You
probably did NOT catch the news about 10 days ago, describing how scientists
(at Los Alamos lab, if I recall) doctored the research data that supposedly
"proves" YM is a great place to bury nuclear waste.


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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Jim," wrote in message
...
A.Melon wrote:
Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply
copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories.
Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.

You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury
in the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both
the brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to
mercury can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can
also suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who
are of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which
fish are the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in
moderation and choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of
this is that fish is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people
not to eat it. So you have to give them more information, so they can
make the best choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the
Environment in New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had
a significant environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But there
are no hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could score
lower on IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as 24
points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish
warnings, it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem.
Fish, after all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams.
Coal-fired power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the
largest source of man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company
stand in the way of international efforts to prevent mercury pollution
and are doing little the stop it at home.


What a biased report. US coal fired plants are some of the cleanest
plants in the world. And since we have the possibility to make very
clean power via nuclear which most likely you and your political allies
oppose, we are stuck with firing plants with coal or expensive imported
oil. You want dirty, go to China. When my friends went over there in
2001, they said, they never saw the sun because of all the pollution and
smog. Go to China and complain.


1) Particulates from coal burned in power plants is easily traced to its
source using marker chemicals designed for that purpose. That's how we
know where the crud comes from. They may be the cleanest in the world, but
they're still no panacea. If scientists say that the crud (including
mercury) in lakes in the Adirondack Mountains of NY came from Ohio, it
came from Ohio. End of discussion.

2) Regarding your comment on about opposition to nuclear power, I'd
suggest you either throw away your script, or stop speaking to whomever
feeds you your lines. The opposition involves the total lack of a solution
to the disposal problem, something you cannot argue against. At this
moment, you're getting ready to respond with a comment about how Yucca
Mountain is a good solution, according to "experts". But, hang on before
you respond. You probably did NOT catch the news about 10 days ago,
describing how scientists (at Los Alamos lab, if I recall) doctored the
research data that supposedly "proves" YM is a great place to bury nuclear
waste.


Bury it in a salt mine. They have been stable for lots of millioins of
years. Bury it in the former blast cavern of an underground nuclear test.
Spread it over syria, or some other country we dislike. (France?)


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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
...

"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Jim," wrote in message
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A.Melon wrote:
Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply
copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories.
Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.

You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury
in the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both
the brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to
mercury can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can
also suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who
are of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which
fish are the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in
moderation and choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of
this is that fish is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people
not to eat it. So you have to give them more information, so they can
make the best choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the
Environment in New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had
a significant environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But
there are no hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could
score lower on IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as
24 points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish
warnings, it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem.
Fish, after all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams.
Coal-fired power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the
largest source of man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company
stand in the way of international efforts to prevent mercury pollution
and are doing little the stop it at home.


What a biased report. US coal fired plants are some of the cleanest
plants in the world. And since we have the possibility to make very
clean power via nuclear which most likely you and your political allies
oppose, we are stuck with firing plants with coal or expensive imported
oil. You want dirty, go to China. When my friends went over there in
2001, they said, they never saw the sun because of all the pollution and
smog. Go to China and complain.


1) Particulates from coal burned in power plants is easily traced to its
source using marker chemicals designed for that purpose. That's how we
know where the crud comes from. They may be the cleanest in the world,
but they're still no panacea. If scientists say that the crud (including
mercury) in lakes in the Adirondack Mountains of NY came from Ohio, it
came from Ohio. End of discussion.

2) Regarding your comment on about opposition to nuclear power, I'd
suggest you either throw away your script, or stop speaking to whomever
feeds you your lines. The opposition involves the total lack of a
solution to the disposal problem, something you cannot argue against. At
this moment, you're getting ready to respond with a comment about how
Yucca Mountain is a good solution, according to "experts". But, hang on
before you respond. You probably did NOT catch the news about 10 days
ago, describing how scientists (at Los Alamos lab, if I recall) doctored
the research data that supposedly "proves" YM is a great place to bury
nuclear waste.


Bury it in a salt mine. They have been stable for lots of millioins of
years. Bury it in the former blast cavern of an underground nuclear test.
Spread it over syria, or some other country we dislike. (France?)


Thanks to the crew in the peanut gallery......


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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"Jim," wrote in message
...
A.Melon wrote:
Just because it is on the internet does not make it true. Simply
copying
and pasting a political slam does not excuse you from being a spammer.
Salon.com is a far left organization that invents their own stories.
Just
cause a rag smells like fish does not make it worthy of posting here.

Get a life.

You don't have to like Salon -- but what about these studies?

Browngoehl's remarks are backed by several alarming studies of mercury
in the past decade. One study, sponsored by the U.S. National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences, and Europe's Environment and Climate
Research Program, showed that children exposed to mercury in utero did
poorly on tests measuring their attention span, memory and speaking
abilities. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, both
the brains and nervous systems of children who have been exposed to
mercury can be damaged. Their language and visual spatial skills can
also suffer.

Karen Perry, deputy director of the environmental health department at
Physicians for Social Responsibility, has this advice: "For women who
are of child-bearing age, we would advise they learn more about which
fish are the cleanest and the safest and continue to eat fish in
moderation and choose the lowest-mercury fish. The sad part of all of
this is that fish is such a healthy food, we don't want to tell people
not to eat it. So you have to give them more information, so they can
make the best choices."

You would have seen them had you read the article

On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, "Jim," wrote:

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/20...ury/print.html

Extract

Millions of fetuses whose mothers eat fish are being exposed to
brain-damaging mercury. But critics charge the Bush administration's
regulations are like bailing the ocean with a thimble.

"Children who suffer the consequences of methylmercury toxicity often
appear like other children who may have been affected for a genetic
reason," explains Leo Trasande, the assistant director of the Mount
Sinai School of Medicine's Center for Children's Health and the
Environment in New York. "A child with mental retardation may have had
a significant environmental exposure in the perinatal period. But
there are no hallmarks." One study found that an affected child could
score lower on IQ tests by as little as .20 of a point to as much as
24 points.

While the Bush administration cajoles women to follow its fish
warnings, it's proved unwilling to take on the root of the problem.
Fish, after all, are only the pathway of mercury to our bloodstreams.
Coal-fired power plants, in the United States and abroad, are the
largest source of man-made mercury pollution. But Bush and company
stand in the way of international efforts to prevent mercury pollution
and are doing little the stop it at home.


What a biased report. US coal fired plants are some of the cleanest
plants in the world. And since we have the possibility to make very
clean power via nuclear which most likely you and your political allies
oppose, we are stuck with firing plants with coal or expensive imported
oil. You want dirty, go to China. When my friends went over there in
2001, they said, they never saw the sun because of all the pollution and
smog. Go to China and complain.


1) Particulates from coal burned in power plants is easily traced to its
source using marker chemicals designed for that purpose. That's how we
know where the crud comes from. They may be the cleanest in the world,
but they're still no panacea. If scientists say that the crud (including
mercury) in lakes in the Adirondack Mountains of NY came from Ohio, it
came from Ohio. End of discussion.

2) Regarding your comment on about opposition to nuclear power, I'd
suggest you either throw away your script, or stop speaking to whomever
feeds you your lines. The opposition involves the total lack of a
solution to the disposal problem, something you cannot argue against. At
this moment, you're getting ready to respond with a comment about how
Yucca Mountain is a good solution, according to "experts". But, hang on
before you respond. You probably did NOT catch the news about 10 days
ago, describing how scientists (at Los Alamos lab, if I recall) doctored
the research data that supposedly "proves" YM is a great place to bury
nuclear waste.


Bury it in a salt mine. They have been stable for lots of millioins of
years. Bury it in the former blast cavern of an underground nuclear test.
Spread it over syria, or some other country we dislike. (France?)


Thanks to the crew in the peanut gallery......


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