While the effects of mercury on human health are gaining increasing exposure across the country, it is particularly important to the tribes as it not only affects health, but traditional lifestyles as well.
This mercury session was planned and presented by the National Tribal Environmental Council to aid in addressing these concerns of the WRAP’s Tribal Caucus.
An Overview of Mercury
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Introduction
Steve Owens, Director, Arizona Department of Environmental Qualilty
Bob Gruenig, NTEC Air Program Director/WRAP Co-Director
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Mercury Transport, Fate and Health Impacts
Ellen Brown, Policy Analyst, Office of Policy, Analysis and Review, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Cost-Effective Strategies & Emerging State Regulations for Controlling Mercury from Western Coal-Fired Power Plants
Praveen Amar, Director, Science and Policy, NESCAUM
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Wet Deposition of Mercury Across the United States: Results from the Mercury Deposition Network
David Gay, Assoc. Research Scientist, Mercury Deposition Network
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Mercury Monitoring on the Fond du Lac Reservation
Joy Wiecks, Air Quality Technician, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
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Questions and Answers
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Western Perspectives on Mercury - Panel Discussion
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Leo Drozdoff, Administrator
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection
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Roger Turner
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes
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Vickie Patton, Senior Attorney
Environmental Defense
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David Steele
WEST Associates
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Questions and Answers
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Other Web Resources on Mercury
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USEPA/Technology Transfer Network Air Toxics Website
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US Point Source Mercury (Hg) Emissions
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- MAP: Mercury Emission Sources, Mercury Monitors, and Their Relation to Tribal Lands in the United States PDF
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Utah Department of Environmental Quality
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International Food Information Council
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