Environmental Health Reports

Made in the U.S.A.: Power Plants and Mercury Pollution Across the Country	9/8/2005
Power plants are the largest industrial source of U.S. air emissions of mercury, a potent neurotoxin that poses serious health hazards. Mercury is particularly harmful to the developing brain; even low level exposure can cause learning disabilities, developmental delays, lowered IQ, and problems with attention and memory. While current law requires swift, steep reductions in power plant mercury emissions, the Bush administration recently promulgated regulations that allow power plants to avoid the Clean Air Act requirement to reduce mercury and other toxic air pollutants quickly and by the maximum achievable amount. This report uses the most recent available data reported to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxics Release Inventory to analyze power plant mercury emissions by state, county, zip code, facility, and company.
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Catching the Toxic Drift: How Pesticides Used in the Blueberry Industry Threaten Our Communities, Our Water and the Environment	8/16/2005
The Blueberry Industry In Maine: Dominated by Agri-Corporations: The wild low-bush blueberry is native to the northern climate of Maine and southeastern Canada. Native Americans encouraged wild blueberry growth long before European settlers arrived to what is now Maine. Today it is one of the state’s most important agricultural crops.
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