Office of the ClerkIllinois Pollution Control Board100 West RandolphChicago, IL 60601 Q RECEIVEDSEP 2 0 2006Pollution Control BoardRe: Comments on Proposed New 35 ILL.
Six to ten percent of women of childbearing age in the U.S.
are estimated to
have mercury levels high enough to put their developing children at increased risk fordevelopmental problems from mercury poisoning .
That translates to more than 100,000 women
of childbearing age in Illinois whose blood mercury levels may exceed the federal recommendedlimit.
Fish in Lake Michigan and all Illinois waterways are contaminated with
mercury.
Activated carbon injection (...
Allowed
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