U.S. needs strong laws to protect public from mercury pollution

Sen. Lautenberg says at a Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on mercury legislation that mercury is “a proven threat to our health, even in low doses” for both children and adults. He says we should have laws “as strong as we can take” to protect the public from mercury pollution. He says the Bush Administration 
“fails to protect the health of the public or our environment.” (0:38)
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"Mercury pollution can be a serious threat"

At a Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on mercury legislation, Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE) says “mercury pollution can be a serious threat,” that “one in 17 women of childbearing age have mercury in their blood at levels that could pose a risk to their unborn children,” and that the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Air Mercury Rule is “flawed” and “did not go far enough to protect the health of America’s vulnerable populations.” (0:40)


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