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trumad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-25-04 05:29 PM
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Actually, George Bush is responsible for the poisoning of pregnant women.
Edited on Wed Aug-25-04 05:33 PM by trumad
I love how the dumb ass pukes come up with the talking point that MoveOn is dissing Bush by saying that Bush is poisoning pregnant women, when in reality, he is:

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766,872 miles of America's rivers and 13,068,990 lake acres are contaminated with so much poisonous mercury that the fish aren't safe to eat -- that is a more than 60 percent increase for river miles and an eight percent increase for lake acres since the 2002 report.

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One in six American women has mercury levels in her blood high enough to leave her baby at risk from mercury poisoning. That puts nearly 630,000 newborns at risk each year from neurological disorders such as cerebral palsy, delayed onset of walking and talking, and learning disabilities.

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As America's waters get more contaminated, the Bush administration continues dragging its feet, even endorsing a plan that would delay cleaning up mercury emissions from power plants for at least a decade and setting targets so weak that the industry will be allowed to emit three times more mercury after 2018.
http://www.sierraclub.org/pressroom/releases/pr2004-08-24a.asp

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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-25-04 05:41 PM
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1. I was told to only eat fish once a week
After reading that, now I'm not so sure I should even eat it then.

And I love seafood. :-(
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-25-04 05:45 PM
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2. funny how their concern for every life goes out of the window
when it comes time to make policy that might cost them money
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