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pc 3800-3849
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Owner: Brown, Don (User-14, brownd:DocuShare)DS
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  • Dear Illinois Pollution Control Board :
You hold the key to eliminating a key threat to Lake Michigan -mercury contamination .
  • A recent NOAA study found that Lake Michigan is the most contaminated with mercury
of all the Great Lakes, and that coal-burning power plants contribute the lion's share ofthe pollution.
  • Eating predator fish from Lake Michigan, which contain mercury, is
discouraged for people, and is unavoidable for bald eagles, loons and other wildlifethat depend on lake fish .
  • Modern, inexpensive pollution controls can capture 90% of the mercury from a power
plant.
  • I
encourage you to adopt similar rules here in Ill...
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