tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post7741703297783715400..comments2023-10-08T04:12:46.273-05:00Comments on The Political Environment: Mercury is a known health danger. Trump wants you exposed to more of it.James Rowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203270946492159686noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-47844736938260037322020-02-17T20:24:34.593-06:002020-02-17T20:24:34.593-06:00Thank you James Rowen and also Al Gedicks for your...Thank you James Rowen and also Al Gedicks for your keeping us alert... ready for action. Mary Kay Baumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6621691715090523319.post-32562071152234224912020-02-17T16:30:38.967-06:002020-02-17T16:30:38.967-06:00Trump is not the only one who wants you exposed to...Trump is not the only one who wants you exposed to more mercury. Michigan's Dept. of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) has recently issued a wetlands permit to a Canadian exploration company (Aquila Resources) that will allow the discharge of sulfates from the proposed Back Forty metallic sulfide mine that can stimulate the conversion of mercury into methyl mercury. Bacteria that are common in wetlands and lakes transforms the heavy metal deposited by air into something that can be transported up the food chain - from micro-organisms to fish to pregnant women. The sulfate discharges into the water, the sulfur compounds into the air, the mercury into both air and water, plus flooding and destruction of wetlands, creates the perfect storm to produce huge increases in the amount of methymercury in fish as a result of bioaccumulation from the very smallest organisms in the water up to the largest fish can result in an increasing concentration of a million times. And we, human beings, as well as wildlife -we;re at the top of the food chain. And the fetus is at least 5 times more sensitive to the effects of mercury as an adult.<br /><br />EGLE's wetland permit allows for increases in sulfate and toxic metals that harm fish and human health but also risk increasing toxic mercury for downstream communities, including Green Bay and eventually into Lake Michigan.<br /><br />Al Gedicks, Executive Secretary, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12113283734262085722noreply@blogger.com