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  • 300 STATE HOUSE
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62706217/782-812119 April 2006Mr.
  • Humans get most of their mercury from eating fish- and mercury already
contaminates fish in every body of water in Illinois .
  • A report released today by Illinois Public Interest Research Group shows that several of
Chicago's park lagoons contain some of the most mercury contaminated fish in Illinois.
  • The twenty-one coal-fired power plants in Illinois are the single largest
source of in-state mercury emissions .
  • Currently available technologies can capture 90% of this
mercury before it leaves the stack Recent IEPA modeling predicts the increased cost to theaverage Illinois ratepayer would be less than $1...
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