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Janet Larsen "Startling new research shows that one out of every six women of childbearing age in the United States may have blood mercury concentrations high enough to damage a developing fetus," states an EPI report by [[Janet Larsen]]. "This means that 630,000 of the 4 million babies born in the country each year are at risk of neurological damage because of exposure to dangerous mercury levels in the womb.... "
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EPI also critiques the impact of the U.S. environmental movement to date: "Since the publication of ''Silent Spring'' and the birth of the modern environmental movement, the environmental community has worked hard to arrest the deterioration of the Earth’s health. Many battles have been won, but we are losing the war. The Earth’s capacity to support the economy continues to deteriorate. The gap between what we need to do to arrest the deterioration of the Earth and what we are doing continues to widen." <ref>[http://www.earth-policy.org/About/index.htm About], Earth Policy Institute, accessed November 28, 2007.</ref>
EPIpublishes reports on various environmental issues, some of which are highlighted below.
==Problems with coal==
To read the rest of this article and to view a supporting dataset, please visit Earth Policy Institute at http://www.earth-policy.org/Updates/Update42.htm
