Another one bites the dust. In a continuing drive to eliminate mercury emissions from Chlor-Alkali plants, Pioneer Companies, in St.Gabriel, LA is expanding and modernizing its chlorine plant. The expansion includes the total elimination of mercury from its processes and will be a significant boost to the overall well being of the area.
From KATC-3
Houston-based Pioneer Companies Inc. will stop using mercury-membrane technology by the end of 2008, the plant said. The technology is outdated and it has been blamed for adding significant amounts of mercury into the environment.
There are five plants left in the nation that use the mercury-membrane technology, said Jackie Savitz, a campaign director for Oceana, a national ocean advocacy group that has led the fight to get chlorine makers to stop using the old technology.
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