A terrific letter to the editor of The Union (Grass Valley, CA). Continue reading
Category Archives: Mercury
GOP Congressman says you could subpoena all medical records from 60 miles around any coal plant and never find case of mercury poisoning
From the ongoing Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing. Rep. Lee Terry (R-Neb.) gets the mercury con. Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, EPA, Mercury
Claim: Higher mercury levels in humans associated with increased risk of Type 2 diabetes
Past the weak association epidemiology, what would the biological mechanism be? Continue reading
Posted in Mercury
Mercury in Fillings: Common test may overestimate exposure from dental amalgam
“These results challenge the common assumption that mercury in urine is entirely derived from inhaled mercury vapor.” Continue reading
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Global mercury treaty will take decades to work
“This crackdown certainly has a few cracks in it.” Continue reading
Posted in Mercury
140 countries agree to UN mercury treaty
“More than 140 nations have agreed on the first legally-binding treaty to curb mercury pollution. Delegates at UN talks in Geneva approved measures to control the use of the highly toxic metal, which is widely used in chemical production and small-scale mining, in order to limit mercury emissions.” Continue reading
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Poison pill: Not all mercury is toxic
This commentary is correct about thimerosal but wrong about mercury in the environment. Continue reading
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Treaty ‘insufficient’ to reduce global mercury levels
Mother Nature is, by far, the biggest emitter. Continue reading
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UN: Rising mercury emissions increase risk to humans
UN report + BBC reporting = FUBAR article. What’s mercury vapor go to go with burning coal for electricity? Continue reading
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Mercury emissions explain European socialism
Manmade mercury emissions cost Europeans 700,000 IQ points per year, a new study says. Continue reading
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Even Best-Performing Units Cannot Meet Mercury, Air Toxics Standards, Brief Says
The Environmental Protection Agency’s mercury and air toxics standards for new coal-fired power plants are so stringent that even the best-performing existing plants cannot meet them, energy companies that are developing five new plants are arguing (White Stallion Energy Center LLC v. EPA, D.C. Cir., No. 12-1272, brief filed 7/27/12). Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Coal, EPA, Mercury
E.P.A. to Consider Relaxing an Air Pollution Rule
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Friday afternoon that it would review its new standards for mercury, soot and other emissions for a handful of proposed new coal-burning power plants. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, EPA, Mercury
Tagged greenie obstructionists, rogue agency
EPA to review mercury rule on new power plants
The U.S. environmental regulator said on Friday it will review recently finalized limits on mercury emissions on new coal-fired power plants in a process that could ease the rules for companies building five new projects. Continue reading
Dr Willie Soon’s June 2012 presensation on “The Myth of Killer Mercury”
Video of a talk on mercury science and issue: Willie Soon’s view on why EPA’s mercury emission rules (as well as the recent FDEP’s water mercury standard) are anti-scientific social agendas Continue reading
Alan Caruba: Killing Coal in America
While the media was focused on stories last week about the House committee decision to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt and the subsequent declaration of executive privilege by the White House to delay the provision of information the committee had been seeking about Operation Fast and Furious for over a year, Americans were being deprived of one of the most affordable and proven sources of electrical power, coal. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Coal, EPA, Mercury
Tagged anti coal, irrational fears, rogue agency
Marlo Lewis: Big Costs, Illusory Benefits: Why Congress Should Nix The Utility MACT
The U.S. Senate is expected to vote soon on legislation (S.J.Res.37) sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) to overturn one of the most costly regulations ever adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Continue reading
Posted in Air pollution, Baseload Energy, EPA, Mercury
Tagged greenie obstructionists, rogue agency
Willie Soon: Bad science behind Florida mercury phobia
Proposed rules could raise electricity costs while harming human health Continue reading
Posted in Chemophobia, Coal, Mercury, Public health miscellany
Tagged fisheries, irrational fears, rogue agency
Environmental, industry groups clash over Indiana’s need for stricter standards to reduce mercury emissions
The battle over whether coal-fired power plants are dumping too many toxins into the environment is flaring up again in Washington, putting Indiana and other coal-heavy states at the center of a debate over smokestack mercury emissions. Continue reading
Posted in Baseload Energy, Coal, Mercury
Senate vote could kill EPA plan to reduce mercury from coal-fired power plants
A proposal by a Republican senator from Oklahoma could overturn U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to tighten mercury pollution standards for coal-fired power plants. Continue reading
Article is [not] wrong to advise pregnant women to eat swordfish.
“A TIME Magazine article lists swordfish as a natural source of vitamin D when reporting research that associated low levels of vitamin D during pregnancy and higher levels of body fat in her child. However, pregnant women should not eat swordfish due to its high methylmercury content “
Nope. It’s EHN that is entirely wrong here. Pregnant women should not worry about the activist myths of immense mercury danger – it doesn’t exist unless you could eat several hundred pounds of commercially available oily fish each and every day. Mom & bub are both better off with a high fish diet. The great mercury scam is actually a facet of the attack on cheap and abundant energy (“dirty” coal), just as the fabricated fears over fracking are now. Misanthropic greenies do not want you to thrive. Continue reading
Posted in Food safety, Mercury
