The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that 4.9 million women of childbearing age in the U.S. -- that's 8 percent -- have mercury levels in their blood that are unsafe. Exposure to unsafe levels of mercury can cause damage to a child's brain, delaying walking and talking, and even lowering a child's intelligence. The biggest source of mercury pollution in the U.S. is emissions from power plants.

Will you join me in helping prevent mercury pollution? The EPA is now accepting public comments on mercury controls, at:

http://www.moveon.org/mercury/

The EPA is trying to back away from strict safeguards against mercury pollution from power plants, despite the advice of its own experts and advisory panels. In December, the EPA announced a mercury plan that will expose our children to far more mercury, for far longer, than what the agency has said is achievable and cost-effective.

This should trouble all of us. The EPA's job should be to protect kids and the rest of us from dangerous pollution.

Please join me in speaking up on this. You can send the EPA your comments here:

http://www.moveon.org/mercury/

Thanks.