More on Mercury!

First – thanks you to all of you who have sent emails or made calls to the House Fish and Wildlife Committee members and the Speaker of the House on mercury-amalgam dental fillings! (also known as H. 121) These legislators need our support and encouragement to move forward on this important bill, as they have been receiving many calls from special interest groups who want to kill this bill. (if you haven't called yet, click here to take action now)

The House Fish and Wildlife committee will be discussing H. 121 again this week, so far it looks like this will happen on Wednesday and Friday. In addition to the mercury-amalgam dental fillings, they will also be discussing the other half of the bill which deals with recycling of thermostats that contain mercury. This part of the bill would initially require a number of things, but a key component is a $5 cash incentive for contractors that return (for recycling) mercury-laden thermostats. Eventually a similar cash incentive would be extended to homeowners, but currently 70% of thermostat replacement is done by contractors, so the initial focus is on them. We fully support this half of the bill as well – and if you get a chance to talk to your legislators, please encourage them to support the entire bill.
Thanks all – more soon-Jakki.