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Mercury Home—This mercury site provides a broad range of information: actions by EPA and others, including international actions; effects on people and the environment; and how to protect you and your family.
Clean Air Mercury Rule—EPA issued the Clean Air Mercury Rule to permanently cap and reduce mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants for the first time ever. This rule makes the United States the first country in the world to regulate mercury emissions from utilities.
Mercury is a toxic, persistant pollutant that accumulates in the food chain. Concentrations of mercury in the air are usually low and of little direct concern. However, mercury in the air falls onto the Earth's surface through rain and snow and enters lakes, streams and estuaries. Once there, mercury transforms to its most toxic form, methylmercury. Concentrations of methymercury can build up in fish and animal tissues. People are exposed to mercury primarily by eating fish.
Fish Waste Management Measure for Marine and Boat Operation from the Manual: Guidance Specifying Management Measures for Sources of Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters.
National Fish Tissue Study
EPA is conducting a screening-level study to estimate the national distribution of selected persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic chemical residues in fish tissue from lakes and reservoirs of the continental United States.
Anglers and Aquatic Resource Protection
EPA wants to provide anglers with information on the condition of our nation's waters, activities that anglers and their families can undertake to improve the health of our valued fisheries, and information on EPA's role in protecting recreational fisheries.
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