Earlier this month, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin proposed deeply troubling rollbacks of recent updates to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS). Zeldin is on a pollution spree: these attacks are part of a suite of assaults on protections against power plant pollution, and they are a reckless betrayal of EPA’s mission to protect human health and the environment.
From fish to rice, many foods our families eat are contaminated with mercury. But there is no safe level of mercury consumption. It’s time to speak out.
Tell EPA: Moms Strongly Oppose Rolling Back Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Mercury moves from coal to dinner table. A heavy metal that’s especially toxic for babies’ developing brains, it ends up in our food when pollution from coal-fired power plants is spewed into the air and then rains down into lakes, rivers, and other waterways.
Moms Clean Air Force has been fighting for more than a decade to cut dangerous mercury pollution from coal-fired power plants, along with numerous other toxic air pollutants. Last year, Biden’s EPA strengthened these vital protections to further protect families and communities from harm—including strengthening safeguards against dangerous heavy metals like arsenic, nickel, and lead. It’s outrageous that Trump’s EPA would consider rolling them back.
Join Moms this summer in loudly and firmly opposing efforts to roll back the recent updates to the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. Tell EPA no amount of toxic mercury pollution is safe for our children.
Tell EPA: Moms Strongly Oppose Rolling Back Mercury and Air Toxics Standards