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Mercury Memo

Reducing mercury emissions by 95 percent is critical to protecting maternal and child health
If the Administration successfully lobbies for subsidies and policies that increase the use of coal as a fuel for electricity generation, it will be significantly harder to reduce emissions of mercury, a persistent, bioaccumulative pollutant.