Levels of Mercury in Women Increase Dramatically During Bush's Term in Office; Superfund in Super Trouble
American Progress: Under the Radar
MERCURY RISING:
A new national study conducted by the University of North Carolina
shows a whopping 21 percent of all women of child-bearing age have mercury levels in their bodies that exceed federal health standards.
That's almost double the rate of the last study conducted in 2000,
which concluded 12 percent of women had levels which were too high. The
Bush White House has relaxed mercury regulations in recent years. It
also let industry lobbyists write the regulations – the EPA's mercury
emission rules, which were written this year, contained “at least a
dozen paragraphs [that] were lifted, sometimes verbatim, from the industry suggestions.”
SUPERFUND IN SUPER TROUBLE: Bad news for the environment: Thirty-four Superfund projects in 19 states will go unfunded this year.
Superfund, the government's toxic cleanup program, is facing historic
budget shortfalls which were exacerbated when the Bush administration ended the tax on corporate polluters that funded the program.
Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI) and Hilda L. Solis (D-CA), who demanded
last August “that the EPA describe the full impact of the budget
shortfalls, said yesterday that the agency has yet to give Congress a
full accounting. 'EPA's failure to inform Congress and the public about
the site specific needs of the Superfund program in a timely manner
makes it much more difficult to get the support necessary to address
this serious problem,' the two lawmakers said.”
Removing Mercury From Your System
Some
would have you believe that once mercury is in your body, it is
impossible to remove. That is not necessarily the case.
A search of the web brought up some information on the natural food
products, chlorella and spirulina, which are often used for cleansing
and detoxification. Take a look here.
Blog For Iowa 
I'm surprised to find no mention of Democratic Candidate for State Senate District 18, Lorna Richards. She has received endorsements from Emily's List and Dawn's List and numerous labor endorsements. Dawns's list has earmarked her as one of their 5 targeted candidiates. Yet this progressive candidiate receives no mention here.
http://www.lornarichards.org
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Good you bring this to our attention….Please tell us what town/county she is from..DEAN ON>>
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Senate District 18 is Northern Linn County, including Marion, Hiawatha, Robins, two precincts of Cedar Rapids.
Thanks.
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