Revolt over new federal mercury law
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The state-led push could weaken the EPA's emissions-trading system, which is popular with industry.
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By Tina Lam, Detroit Free Press  Jun. 22--The legal battle over biologically tainted ballast water from ocean-going ships escalated Thursday as eight environmental groups acted against foreign shippers under the national Clean Water Act.
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A new study suggests that a federal advisory urging pregnant women to restrict their seafood intake could do more harm than good. But what about the risks of fish-borne mercury?
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Federal health officials are again examining what's known &#151; and what's still to be learned &#151; about the safety of a mercury mixture that's stirred controversy since dentists began using it to fill cavities in the 1800s.
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By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep. 5--MOREHEAD CITY -- Commercial fishermen in the state are taking their arguments against the handling of proposed new deepwater fishing regulations to Washington.   And U.S. Rep.
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The city of Berkeley last week took aim at Marine recruiters, saying they're "not welcome in our city" and encouraging protesters to impede their work. GOP lawmakers in Washington have fired back, threatening to take $2 million back from the city.
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JAKARTA An internal company report warned top executives at Newmont Mining, the world&#39;s largest gold producer, in 2001 that the company was putting tons of toxic mercury vapors into the air in Indonesia.
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Some outraged passengers have gotten together to demand federal legislation to hold the airlines more accountable for service disruptions.
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A report about high mercury levels in some sushi in Manhattan prompted concern among some residents but others shrugged.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Newmont Mining admitted Wednesday that it released mercury into the environment on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, but denied the releases sickened nearby residents.
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Many imports of canned tuna have mercury levels higher than the federal limit, according to analysis by an environmental group.
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Loopholes in state laws that regulate hazardous emissions pose a serious risk to the health of millions of Americans and need to be revised, according to a report published this week.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Patients who say silver,   mercury-containing tooth fillings caused health problems asked   a panel on Wednesday to recommend a ban on their use or at   least warnings for consumers.
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The European Union, the world's largest supplier of mercury, is set to ban exports of the metal by 2011 under new rules proposed by the EU executive Commission on Monday, continuing the fight to curtail its use worldwide.
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Laws on use of sampled material are murky, and stand to get murkier before they get clearer, experts say.
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American Indians are adding their voices to the controversy over mercury in the nation's waters, saying they are among the biggest consumers of fish and therefore more at risk from contamination.
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TOKYO -- Japan's top court ordered the government yesterday to pay $703,000 in damages to victims of the Minamata mercury poisoning, 22 years after their famous case was filed over an industrial pollution disaster that killed more than 1,700 people and caused diseased mothers to give birth to deformed babies.