“All of these tons of mercury aren't just disappearing, they're going somewhere. And where they ultimately end up is on the dinner tables and in the lungs of American families.”
Linda E. Greer
“The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo.”
William Shakespeare
“Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.”
David Hare
“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
“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
“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
“Nothing has a higher affinity for mercury than elemental gold. They form bonds that are very tight.”
Boyd Haley
