{"id":135,"date":"2011-11-18T14:07:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/11\/18\/mercury-hotspots\/"},"modified":"2011-11-18T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-18T14:07:00","slug":"mercury-hotspots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/11\/18\/mercury-hotspots\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercury Hotspots"},"content":{"rendered":"<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2011\/11\/do-you-live-near-mercury-hotspot-map\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"287\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-TUbCBoYcr_U\/TsXZ32Op4OI\/AAAAAAAAAT0\/F0ygQ9QCcfA\/s400\/mercurypollution.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center\">In the U.S.,\u00a0Mercury, which is toxic to brain development, is commonly emitted into the atmosphere.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Do you live near a Mercury Hotspot? I\u00a0originally\u00a0saw this map, which is based on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentamerica.org\/uploads\/e3\/1e\/e31e0806ce61061dce01aeb4e9c7c030\/AME-Biggest-Mercury-Polluters---WEB.pdf\">recent report from Environmental America<\/a>, on <a href=\"http:\/\/motherjones.com\/blue-marble\/2011\/11\/do-you-live-near-mercury-hotspot-map\">Mother Jones<\/a>. Although <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/hg\/exposure.htm\">Mercury is toxic\u00a0to us<\/a> (it\u00a0negatively affects brain development), it is commonly emitted into the air by industry. In the United States, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.environmentamerica.org\/home\/reports\/report-archives\/clean-air\/clean-air\/americas-biggest-polluters-how-cleaning-up-the-dirtiest-power-plants-will-protect-public-health\">2\/3 of the emissions are from coal fired power plants alone<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more on locating pollution in the U.S., check out our other posts:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/outsidetheneatline.blogspot.com\/2011\/11\/npr-and-center-for-public-integrity.html\">NPR and the Center for Public Integrity Investigate Poisoned Places of the U.S.<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/outsidetheneatline.blogspot.com\/2011\/10\/are-toxic-chemicals-being-released-near.html\">Are Toxic Chemicals Being Released Near You?<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the U.S.,\u00a0Mercury, which is toxic to brain development, is commonly emitted into the atmosphere. Do you live near a Mercury Hotspot? I\u00a0originally\u00a0saw this map, which is based on a recent report from Environmental America, on Mother Jones. Although Mercury &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/2011\/11\/18\/mercury-hotspots\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NL4O-2b","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.uconn.edu\/outsidetheneatline\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}