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White House scraps workshop on cardiovascular effects of mercury
February 11, 2005: The Environmental Protection Agency, facing a March 15 deadline to issue a new toxic pollution control rule for power plants, has inexplicably put off a workshop on the cardiovascular benefits of mercury reduction. EPA scientists say the decision to postpone the January 31 meeting confirms their long-standing suspicions about the Bush administration's commitment to fully examining the benefits of regulating the toxic pollutant. Critics concur, accusing officials of scuttling a review that would have justified requiring more stringent controls on mercury pollution from power plants.

"The Bush administration doesn't want to face facts about the need to crack down on power plants' harmful mercury pollution," said Jon Devine, a health attorney at NRDC.

http://www.nrdc.org/bushrecord/health.asp