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Congress has the opportunity to effectively overturn a key part of the Bush Administration's rule, forcing stricter regulation of the toxic pollutant.
Mercury is especially harmful to women of childbearing age, pregnant women, and children. Exposure to the heavy metal can cause permanent damage to a fetus and has been linked to neurological disorders in young children. The major source of this toxic pollutant is from coal burning power plants.
More than half of all Americans live within 30 miles of mercury polluting plants, but the Bush Administration made it clear whose side they're on. They worked closely with the electric utility industry to develop these rules to allow more mercury in our air over a longer period of time -- and save the industry billions of dollars.
Tell Congress to send the Bush Administration back to the drawing board!
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