Take Action on Mercury!

New Englanders, write to your governor and demand that he develop an action plan to virtually eliminate mercury use, release, and exposure in your state by the year 2010!

Sample Letter:

Dear Governor _______________,

Mercury emissions from trash incinerators, power plants, dental offices, and other sources have contaminated fresh water fish and seafood all over New England. Exposure to very small concentrations of mercury, a dangerous neurotoxin, is linked to learning disabilities and developmental delays in children, and can cause health problems in adults as well. Our fish is contaminated with mercury so that shark, swordfish, steak tuna, and many other fish are unsafe for women of childbearing age and young children to eat.

The New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers pledged in 1998 to “virtually eliminate” mercury emission from the region, but we have not yet seen the timeline that will make that happen. All six states have taken important steps in that direction, but much more work needs to be done to protect our children from exposure to mercury. Please make it a top priority to create an action plan and timeline to virtually eliminate mercury use, release, and exposures in New England by the year 2010.

Include a personal anecdote, or explain why this issue is so important to you.

Sign the letter and include your address

Connecticut

Maine
    Governor John Baldacci
    Email: governor@state.me.us
    Mail: Office of the Governor
    1 State House Station
    Augusta, ME 04333
Massachusetts
    Governor Mitt Romney
    Email: GOffice@state.ma.us
    Mail: Office of the Governor
    The State House
    Boston, MA 02133
New Hampshire
    Governor Craig Benson
    Email: benson@nh.gov
    Mail: Office of the Governor
    State House, Room 208-214
    Concord, NH 03301
Rhode Island
    Governor Don Carcieri
    Email: rigov@gov.state.ri.us
    Mail: Office of the Governor
    222 State House
    Providence, RI 02903
Vermont
    Governor James Douglas
    Mail: 109 State St., Pavillion
    Montpelier, VT 05609
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