L4FP VISION theIllinois Academy of Family Physicians VOICEof Today'sFamilyPhysicianRECEIVEDCLERK'S OFFICESEP 2 0 2006STATE OFILLINOISPollution Control BoardPresidentKathleenJ.
This rule is critical to protect
the health of all Illinoisans -especially women of childbearing age, children and theunborn - and is technologically feasible and cost effective .
As you know, mercury is a neurotoxin that can pass through the placenta and poison fetal
brain development .
Every day, thousands of developing fetuses, newborns and young
children are exposed to mercury when pregnant and nursing women eat contaminated fish,or children eat fish themselves .
Nationally, 6 to 10...
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