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Hot Spot and Bothered
With feds slow to tackle mercury pollution, state leaders step up |
Amanda Griscom |
12 Feb 2004 |
Muckraker |
| The Mercury Mutiny is gaining force on the state level, galvanizing some unlikely rebels. Eastern states including Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and New York were the first to jump into the fray, launching local efforts to reduce mercury pollution in response to the Bush administration's widely criticized plan for dealing with mercury. Then last week, a new regional e ... |
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| Topics: East Coast, health, mercury, Muckraker, Northeast, politics, toxics, waste (all these topics) |
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