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Cleaning Up Mercury, Protecting Our Health
Cement plants are among the nation's worst toxic polluters, spewing mercury and other pollutants into our air and water. Despite these threats, they have avoided limits on their toxic pollution for more than a decade.
Key Resources:
- Campaign Home: Cleaning Up Mercury, Protecting Our Health
- Fact Sheet: Dirty Air is Not the Key to Economic Growth
- Feature: FAQs: Mercury and Health
- Videos: Cement Kilns in Seattle, WA and Cupertino, CA
- Report: Cement Kilns: Cementing a Toxic Legacy?
- Blog Post: Celebrating Americans Who Didn't Die in 2010
- Blog Post: It's Official: 93% Reductions in Mercury from Cement Kilns!
- unEARTHED: Recent news about mercury
- Related Links: Cement Plant Background Resources
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Cement Plant Background Resources
National Fact Sheets:
- Cement Overshoes: The High Costs of Uncontrolled Air Pollution -- Prepared June 2011
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/FINAL_cement_overshoes.pdf - Dirty Air Is Not the Key to Economic Growth -- Fact sheet prepared by Earthjustice and the Environmental Integrity Project debunking Rep. John Carter's economic claims about the cement plant health protections:
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/cementkilnmythvsfact.pdf - Cleaner Air, Healthier People -- General Earthjustice fact sheet on cement plant health protections:
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/CementKilnsFactSheet2011.pdf - EPA 's fact sheet:
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/portland_cement_fr_fs_080910.pdf
State Fact Sheets: Cement's Toxic Legacy
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Montana
- New Mexico
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Tennessee
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Members Must Ensure Clean Air for America -- Op-ed from Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) published in Roll Call:
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/Johnson.pdf - Letter to Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) from attorneys general of NY, MD, DE, CT, and MA:
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/Hon_Fred_Upton_Feb_14_2011.pdf - Feb. 14, 2011 -- Attorneys General Oppose Effort to Kill Cement Kiln Rules:
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2011/attorneys-general-oppose-effort-to-kill-cement-kiln-rules - Jan. 20, 2011 -- Rep. John Carter Distorting Facts On Cement Kiln Industry:
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2011/rep-john-carter-distorting-facts...
- Jan. 6, 2011 -- House Republicans Move to Undo Protections From Mercury Pollution:
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2011/house-republicans-move-to-undo-protections-from-mercury-pollution - Dec. 6, 2010 -- Community Groups Defend EPA Plans to Clean Up Cement Kiln Pollution:
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2010/community-groups-defend-epa-plans-to-clean-up-cement-kiln-pollution - Nov. 8, 2010 -- Cement Industry Challenges Pollution Cuts that Would Save Lives, Money:
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2010/cement-industry-challenges-pollution-cuts-that-would-save-lives-money - Aug. 9, 2010 -- EPA Adopts Strong Protections Against Air Pollution from Cement Kilns:
http://earthjustice.org/news/press/2010/epa-adopts-strong-protections-against-air-pollution-from-cement-kilns
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