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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

The EPA just loosened mercury rules for coal plants. Here’s what the toxic metal can do to your health

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has moved to repeal a Biden-era rule that limits the amount of toxic air pollution produced by coal-burning power plants.

The action could allow the plants to release more dangerous heavy metals, including brain-damaging mercury and cancer-causing arsenic, marking yet another step by the administration to reverse Biden policies.

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