Sentences with phrase «other than mercury»

Requires the Administrator to: (1) request information from owners / operators of coal - fired electric generation facilities about hazardous air pollutants other than mercury; and (2) propose and promulgate emission standards.

Not exact matches

I think it is better to get the essential fatty acids (EFA's) from plant sources rather than from fish oils, because fish stocks are in danger from over harvesting and can be contaminated with mercury and other toxins.

Almost all fish contains mercury, but some has less than others.

Solid white or albacore tuna tends to be higher in mercury than other types of canned tuna.

Other than alcohol, caffeine, medication, some herbs, and fish high in mercury, unless you or your child have known allergies, sensitivities or a condition like celiac's disease, there is no real reason to limit your diet.

Choose an obstetrician or health care provider Interview potential doctors Contact health insurance company about coverage Start and pregnancy and birth budget Discuss financial effects of pregnancy and baby with partner Stop smoking Stop drinking Stop using street drugs Talk to your physician about any prescription medications Drink at least 8 glasses of water every day Visit the doctor at least once per month or every 4 weeks Do not dye or perm hair Stop drinking coffee and other caffeinated beverages Exercise daily Start taking prenatal vitamins Eat foods rich in folic acid Eat iron rich foods Increase daily intake of whole grains, fruits and vegetables Nap as much as possible as fatigue is common Eat fish with low levels of mercury no more than 2 days per week Do not eat undercooked meats Do not eat unpasteurized dairy producs Do not eat cold cut deli meats Allow someone else to clean out the kitty litter, if applicable Limit exposure to chemicals Try to limit stress and tension Complete all prenatal tests — HIV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Anemia, Blood Typing, Sickle Cell Anemia, Urine Screening and Rubella.

It also provides a potential alternate food source for omega - 3 fatty acids other than dwindling — and mercury - tainted — fish stocks.

In a new study published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology, Assistant Professor of Meteorology Christopher Holmes writes that thunderstorms have 50 percent higher concentrations of mercury than other rain events.

Using drugs to lower systolic blood pressure to less than 120 millimeters of mercury cut people's risk of heart attacks and other cardiovascular woes by 25 percent, researchers report November 9 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Overall, dippers had higher mercury levels than most other songbirds tested in western North America, which may be due to more atmospheric deposition of mercury in snow at these high elevations.

For ores that contain even less concentrated uranium — McArthur River is the most concentrated active mine — the proportion of waste in radium and other radioactive elements (as well as toxic heavy metals such as arsenic and mercury) is even higher — and McArthur River's uranium is much less concentrated than the mines of the past like nearby Rabbit Lake or Shinkolobwe in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Katanga Province.

He found that gators in a lagoon near one of the launch pads had higher levels of iron and other metals, including lithium, nickel and mercury, in their livers than alligators from two other parts of Florida.

The Supreme Court struck down the mercury program for other reasons, and Holmstead argues it was far more limited than what EPA is now trying to do.

Parkinson was born in 1755 — a time when epidemics festered in dirty, overcrowded tenements, one in two children died in infancy, bleeding was considered a cure - all, and medications containing mercury and other toxic substances did more harm than good.

Such genetic differences may explain why some people are more susceptible to mercury poisoning than others.

«This is a bogus argument, this is not different than other regulations, than mercury or acid rain.»

The EPA rule would have reduced discharges by dental offices of mercury and other metals into municipal sewage treatment plants by more than 10 tons annually.

«Toxicologists say that «the dose makes the poison,»» says mercury expert Jane Hightower, who practices internal medicine in San Francisco, «but it's clear that some people are more sensitive to even small exposures than others.»

Smaller fish like anchovies and sardines contain less mercury and other toxins than larger fish.

This means that they contain much less mercury and other heavy metals than larger fish such as tuna.

the one metal that causes more cancer than all the other metals combined (and it's not lead or mercury!)

It's also a good option if you're concerned about mercury: haddock has lower levels of the chemical than other fish, including tuna, halibut, and cod.

Species to steer clear of, due to higher - than - average levels of mercury, harmful chemicals, and other health no - nos.

And it turns out that canned light tuna is probably much lower in mercury to begin with than other fish.

Human variance shows that not everyone is severely affected by heavy metals (mercury) and pesticides but certainly some are more sensitive than others or bioaccumulate at extremely higher rates than other individuals.

Mineral dysregulation is significantly more pronounced in people with chronic mercury toxicity than in the general population, 57 as are other nutritional deficiencies and food intolerances.

Because EDTA is so effective at removing unwanted metals and other minerals from the blood, it has been the standard, FDA - approved treatment for lead, mercury, aluminum, and cadmium poisoning for more than 50 years.

The named fish may contain more mercury than other species because they are long living fish and / or predators and can accumulate higher levels of mercury by eating other fish.

Some types of fish have higher levels of a metal called mercury than others.

Wild caught and sourced directly from the cold, clean and pristine waters of Alaska containing less mercury and other toxins than farm raised salmon.

Because it specifies the capture of emissions from coal burning and one can only hope that it will also mean a reduction in mercury and soot and other exotic substances which I think pose a greater threat than the CO2 per se.

But rather than ask for an equitable distribution of the pain that goes with substantial across - the - board reductions in carbon emissions, what the Obama Administration did instead was to bundle GHG reductions with reductions in other kinds of pollutants such as mercury and sulfur into a single plan targeted mostly at the coal industry — thus guaranteeing that their plan would be highly vulnerable to lawsuits of the kind that Lawrence Tribe is now leading.

Natural gas is much more environmentally friendly than coal, which continues to be the mainstay of electricity production around the world and in the U.K. Gas emits less than half the CO2 per kilowatt hour produced, and it emits much lower amounts of other pollutants like nitrous oxide, sulfur dioxide, black carbon, carbon monoxide, mercury, and particulates.

Hardrock mining releases more toxic substances — such as mercury, arsenic, lead and cyanide — than any other industry in the United States.

Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a report that analyzes the effects of different carbon dioxide reduction strategies and technologies on the emissions of mercury, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen oxide, which cause acid rain, particulate matter, ground level ozone, mercury contamination, and other environmental problems.

Natural gas generates electricity more efficiently than coal, with half the greenhouse gas emissions, fewer acid rain precursors and virtually free of many other troubling pollutants like mercury and particulates.

Just the act of mining it out of the ground causes a fair amount of destruction (and costs the lives of many miners, especially in poorer countries), and burning it produces more CO2 than any other source of energy, as well as mercury that makes its way up the food chain and smog - forming emissions of all kinds... But that's not all!

LEDs are about as efficient as CFL, and both are much more efficient than incandescents (which only convert around 5 - 10 % of the electricity they use to useful light vs. around 60 % for LEDs and CFLs), but LEDs have other benefits that make them superior to CFLs (not as fragile, not mercury, last longer, turn on instantly).

In other words, Holmstead pushed for a ten year delay that ultimately allowed three times the mercury pollution than the Utility MACT he blocked [Heinzerling & Steinzor, p. 11].

On top of that, natural gas produces less air pollution than coal, and you aren't left with millions of tons of coal fly ash (which contains mercury, among other things).

These and other mercury emissions from human activities (past and present) account for at least 50 % and perhaps as much as 75 % of current, annual, global mercury emissions from all sources (including natural sources), but a large, unknown portion of those mercury emissions is due to past rather than current human activities, according to EPA estimates.

Since our power plants account for less than 0.5 % of all the mercury in the air we breathe, eliminating every milligram of it will do nothing about the other 99.5 % in our atmosphere.

I included some natural elements like the wooden ramekins and blush mercury glass candle holders to zhush up the rest of the table, but other than that, I didn't add much.