Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Illinois Trys To Beat Deadline

Chicago, IL - The Chicago Daily Southtown

In a Hg-ATME earlier post Kenneth Holmes, M.D., Neurologist pleaded his case in the Southtown, now the Editorial Staff at the suburban Chicago paper concurs, tougher Mercury emission standards are in order. Exerpt,

Environmentalists hope the legislative committee acts this week. A deadline of this Friday was imposed for states that wanted to set their own regulations to override federal pollution standards, which are far less stringent than those proposed in Illinois. Thus, it's imperative that the legislative panel act on these recommendations promptly, and we urge committee members to approve them.

Read the rest of the Editorial.

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