NRCM news release Today in Portland, Maine’s leading environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Council of Maine, publicly urged the Kellogg’s Company and local supermarkets to stop selling cereal boxes that include a toy that contains batteries with mercury. Even in small amounts, mercury is toxic and poses a significant health and environmental hazard. “Who Read More
Mercury Pollution
Coalition of Concerned Mainers Launch Campaign to Reduce Mercury Emissions from Power Plants
News release Today, at a park overlooking the Presumpscot River in Falmouth, a group of Maine educators, public health advocates, sports-fishermen, business owners and environmental advocates kicked off their coalition effort to clean up mercury pollution from power plants and to demand that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) adopt strict standards to deal with the Read More
Mainers Against Mercury
Good Morning. My name is Matt Prindiville, and I speak on behalf of the Natural Resources Council of Maine and countless other environmental organizations – both in the state of Maine and across our great nation – that have opposed the EPA’s weak, industry-friendly proposal to regulate mercury emissions from power plants. This issue is Read More
Hospitals Pledge to Eliminate Mercury and Reduce PVC Plastic
NRCM news release AUGUSTA—Maine’s hospitals today pledged to play a leadership role in improving the health of communities across the state by volunteering to eliminate the use of most mercury-containing supplies and medical equipment, and taking other steps that will result in a cleaner, safer environment. The Maine Hospital Association joined the state Department of Read More
