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Thu., June 2, 2011 1:49pm
Georgia's Saxby Chambliss is joining 12 other US Senators in calling on Food and Drug Administration officials to relax seafood advice for pregnant women. The Senators say, the agency's guidelines to avoid fish because of mercury are not consistent with new federal dietary recommendations.
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Wed., March 16, 2011 5:00pm
The U-S Environmental Protection Agency Wednesday proposed the first national limits on mercury pollution from power plants, the largest source of the emissions. EPA projected the proposed rules would stop about 91 percent of mercury emitted by burning coal and oil in power plants. They would impact 10 facilities in Georgia.
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Mon., December 20, 2010 8:18am
The Olin chemical company announced last week it will phase out the use of mercury at its Augusta plant. This is troubling to environmentalists who worry about what will happen to the unused mercury once the switch is made.
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Thu., December 16, 2010 4:21pm
The Olin chemical company announced last week it will phase out the use of mercury at its Augusta plant. But environmentalists worry about what will happen to leftovers of the cancer-causing chemical once the switch is made.
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Fri., December 10, 2010 3:28pm
Olin Corporation announced today that it will stop making chlorine products that create mercury at its Augusta plant. Much of the toxic mercury ends up in the Savannah river.
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Tue., May 4, 2010 2:04pm
Tests on fish in the Ogeechee and Canoochee Rivers spell danger for lovers
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Mon., November 30, 2009 4:21pm
Chlorine manufacturer says it needs more time to consider change than what
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Wed., September 30, 2009 1:11pm
A bill that will give chlorine manufacturers like Olin a set time limit for
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Wed., September 30, 2009 8:54am
Congress is finalizing a bill that gives plants like Olin in Augusta a dead
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Wed., August 26, 2009 4:14pm
Opponents of Plant Washington say it will emit vast quantities of pollutant
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