There’s Something About Mercury

I’ve been thinking for a while that this state’s a little too healthy. And, finally, people are coming around to my view and doing something about it! Raw sewage in the Wissahickon Creek is a start, but it’s not the best type of pollution we can bring into our state. Think more debilitating. Think more dangerous. Think mercury.

Thank you, state legislators!

According to this very nice Inquirer editorial, the state senate is preventing the state Environmental Quality Board from implementing new restrictions on mercury emissions from coal mines. And what do coal mines give us:

Mercury emitted from coal-fired power plants endangers pregnant women, unborn babies, young children, subsistence fishermen and recreational anglers. Nationally, one in six children are born with enough mercury in their bloodstream to risk nerve, brain, heart or kidney damage.

Oh, goodie.

Weak swipe at a toxic pollutant [Inquirer]
Pa. Senate Passes Controversial Bill on Mercury Emissions [KYW 1060]
Earlier today: 55 Thousand Gallons Of Fun Dumped Into Creek