Mercury-Free Minnesota is working with government agencies, industries, environmental organizations, conservation organizations, environmental justice advocates, faith communities, health advocates, other national organizations, and the public to phase-out harmful mercury emissions in Minnesota.

Fact Sheets

Mercury-Free Minnesota 2005 Policy Goals

Mercury-Free Minnesota Fact Sheet: General Information

Mercury-Free Minnesota Fact Sheet: Coal

Mercury-Free Minnesota Fact Sheet: Taconite

Mercury-Free Minnesota Fact Sheet: Household Products

Reports and Studies

"Public health and economic consequences of methylmercury toxicity to the developing brain", an NIH study by Trasande et al.

"Reducing Mercury Pollution: Workable Solutions for Minnesota's Waters", a report by the Minnesota Division of the Izaak Walton League of America

"Overloaded", a report by the Environmental Working Group on mercury and autism.

Mercury and Midwest Power Plants (June 2003)

Mercury in the Upper Midwest (May 1999)

Other Resources

"Tackling mercury emissions in Minnesota", February 23rd, 2005 presentation to the Minnesota Senate Jobs, Energy, and Community Development Committee

"Mercury emissions from electricity generation", Appendix A of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Air Quality Legislative Report 2005.  From www.pca.state.mn.us

"Electric generating plants in Minnesota subject to mercury reduction legislation", a detailed list of mercury-emitting power plants in Minnesota

Hg IQ quiz

Links to government agencies:

Minnesota Department of Health – Fish Consumption Advisories for Mercury

• An Expectant Mother’s Guide to Eating Fish

• Guia sobre el consumo de pescado en Minnesota, para mujeres embarazadas

• Eat Fish Often?

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency – Mercury in Minnesota

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – Lake Finder

U.S. EPA – Mercury

EPA fact sheet about mercury in compact fluorescent lamps

National Institutes of Health – Mercury Health Hazards

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (Centers for Disease Control) ToxFAQsTM for Mercury

United States Geological Survey – Mercury Contamination of Aquatic Ecosystems

United States Geological Survey – Mercury in the Environment

Links to Minnesota environmental organizations:

Minnesotans for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ME3)

Northstar Chapter - Sierra Club

Links to conservation organizations:

Izaak Walton League of America

Links to Environmental Justice organizations:

Indigenous Women’s Mercury Investigation - a project of the North American Water Office

Links to health organizations:

Physicians for Social Responsibility

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: Food and Health Program

Health Care Without Harm

Links to vaccine advocacy organizations:

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health – Institute for Vaccine Safety

The Coalition for SafeMinds

NoMercury.org

Toxic Exposure Study Trust (TEST) Foundation

Links to national advocacy organizations:

National Wildlife Federation – Great Lakes Office

U.S. Public Interest Research Group

National Environmental Trust

Mercury Policy Project

Healthy Fish: A Project of the Sustainable Energy and Economic Development Coalition

New England Zero Mercury Campaign

Speakers Bureau

For more information on available speakers, please contact Erin Jordahl-Redlin, Clean Water Action Alliance, 612-623-3666 or ejredlin@cleanwater.org.

Glossary of Terms

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