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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
- Return to Earthjustice Campaign Center
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Interactive Cement Kiln Map
The icons with an "i" mark cement kiln with additional information. The icons with a "w" mark kilns that burn hazardous waste. Other cement kilns are marked with black icons.
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Source: US EPA and the Portland Cement Association
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