| April Is Autism Awareness Month—Moving From Awareness To Action |
April 26, 2013 |
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Bill Posey, R-FL
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"Some believe that toxins like thimerosal, which is 50% ethylmercury, have played a role in the rise in autism and neurodevelopmental disabilities. In 2000 there was near universal agreement that mercury should be removed as a preservative for vaccines. Yet, today, nearly half of all annual flu vaccines, which are recommended for children and pregnant women, still contain mercury as a preservative—not simply trace amounts of mercury. It’s 2013! Why are we still injecting ethylmercury into babies and pregnant women?"
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| Congress Must Stand Up Against Utility Cuts Across The Midwest |
September 21, 2012 |
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Dennis Kucinich, D-OH
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"The Stop the War on Coal Act is up today. It is the coal industry which is waging war on our mountains by leveling them, war on our lungs by burning dirty fuel, war on healthy children by being the single largest source of mercury exposure, war on our rivers and streams by filling them with toxic waste, war on groundwater through poisonous ash fills, war on its workers through conditions which continue to kill, war on families by breaking unions and by relentlessly reducing jobs, war on our national debt by taking in billions of subsidies, and now war on ratepayers of municipal utilities across the Midwest."
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| H.R. 3409 |
September 21, 2012 |
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Chris Van Hollen, D-MD
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"The bill nullifies the new fuel efficiency pollution standards for vehicles—standards that would save consumers money at the pump and that are supported by 13 major auto manufacturers representing more than 90 percent of U.S. vehicle sales. It nullifies the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards, preventing the EPA from reducing emissions of mercury, a powerful neurotoxin that is particularly dangerous for young children and pregnant women."
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| Small Business Jobs And Tax Relief Act—Motion To Proceed |
June 27, 2012 |
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Sheldon Whitehouse, D-RI
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"The Rhode Island Department of Health warns that “high-risk” populations—pregnant women, women who may become pregnant, and small children—should not eat any freshwater fish in Rhode Island because of the danger of mercury poison and mercury contamination. That is sadly correct. I also said that the health department warns that no one should ever eat any of the fish caught in three bodies of water in Rhode Island—the Quidnick Reservoir, Wincheck Pond, and Yawgoog Pond. That sadly is also true."
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