“Once it's in the body, mercury can limit normal brain activity and nervous system functions. It is especially dangerous for developing infants and small children and can cause decreased motor skills and learning disabilities at even low levels of exposure.”
Linda E. Greer
“One in six women of childbearing age already has enough mercury in her body to put a fetus at risk of developmental disorders and learning disabilities.”
Chris Carney
“The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo.”
William Shakespeare
“Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning aren’t real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they can’t afford to make changes.”
Senator John Kerry
“Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.”
David Hare
“The best way to address concerns about mercury emissions from U.S. power plants is to leave the existing regulations in place. Sending E.P.A. back to the drawing board would only delay regulation of power plant emissions, not accelerate them, as Senator Leahy and others claim.”
Dan Riedinger
“It (mercury) could be taken internally, for example: one eighteenth-century recipe called for mixing the liquid metal with hot chocolate, though the author cautioned against this exotic beverage because he felt that the "chocolate" was too dangerous”
Peter Lewis Allen
