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Environmentalists Aim to Eliminate Common Toxic Metal

By AAN Staff
july 12, 2002  11:45 am
Environmentalists Aim to Eliminate Common Toxic Metal
It’s not just in thermometers. Toxic mercury is in fish, cars, tooth fillings. The hazardous metal can have devastating neurological, kidney, fetus-developmental effects. Still, some federal agencies and private corporations are doing little to get rid of mercury in the web of life. “Enacting a nationwide ban on sales is an essential safety net to protect Americans,” Felice Stadler of the National Wildlife Federation tells Hartford Advocate columnist Jim Motavalli. Motavalli takes an in-depth look at what some legislators and environmentalists are doing to reduce the amount of mercury in the environment.