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The Trump administration on Tuesday asked a court to delay arguments over a rule that prevents coal-fired power plants from releasing heavy metals into the environment.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS) rule has been in place for two years, but, “in light of the recent change in administration” the agency now says it wants time to “fully review” the findings. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit was expected to hear oral arguments for the case on May 18.
The rule was the culmination of more than two decades of effort to limit the amount of mercury from coal-fired power plants. In 2015, the Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision led by Justice Antonin Scalia, found that the EPA had not adequately considered the cost of the regulation. That ruling sent the standard down to the D.C. Circuit Court […]
True, but the biggest sources of mercury in your body are amalgam tooth fillings and vaccines.
Nonsense and more rightist hand-waving.
Beyond the OBVIOUS fact that breathing air is a vastly different, uncontrolled, and crucial aspect of daily life than choosing if one gets metal fillings, or vaccines from a multi-dose vial containing Thimerosal preservative–stating that these are the ‘biggest sources’ is only bought by the alt-science crowds.
These are the same kind of people that usually end up divorced from basic reality and watch their children suffer and die because “god’s love will heal them” and the charlatans drain their bank account and self-respect.