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Mercury Reduction Program Publications
Reducing Mercury in the Northeast United States
Mercury Success Stories:
New Jersey DEP Dental Amalgam Posters:
New York Dental Amalgam Poster: (pdf) NEWMOA developed a poster on best management practices for handling of dental amalgam wastes for the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. The poster was was funded by EPA, Region 2. Reported Mercury Spills in the Northeast States: (doc, pdf) NEWMOA compiled publicly available data from environmental and public health agencies in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont on the occurrence of spills of mercury. Instructions for Cleaning Up "Small" Mercury Spills in Households: (doc, pdf) With input from the state environmental agencies of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont, NEWMOA combined available mercury spill clean-up instructions with the experience of individuals who have cleaned up mercury spills to create this document. It contains basic clean-up instructions for a small liquid mercury spill.
Mercury in Schools and Communities: Information on identifying and removing elemental mercury and products containing mercury from schools and from homes. State-specific lamp recycling awareness flyers:
Advertisement: Don't trash fluorescent lamps! Recycle them.
How to Recycle Mercury Lamps in 8 Easy Steps
Mercury Pollution in the Northeast - A Guide for Policymakers - This policy guide has been prepared by the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA), New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (NEIWPCC), and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM). These three interstate organizations serve the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the areas of waste, water, and air, respectively. Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) Analysis of Waste Dental Amalgam: (doc, pdf) One Gram of Mercury Can Contaminate a Twenty Acre Lake: Provides a clarification of this commonly cited statistic: (doc, pdf) Report to the Maine Legislature on Mercury Use in Button Cell Batteries: Provides a report prepared by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. Survey of Thermostat Recycling Corporation (TRC) Wholesalers: (doc, pdf) Summary of Research on Mercury Emissions from Municipal Landfills: (web, doc, pdf) Indoor Air Mercury: (doc, pdf) Provides a report describing why mercury is a problem in indoor air, the sources of mercury in indoor air, guidelines for mercury exposure, and studies on indoor air mercury. Review of the Thermostat Recycling Corporation Activities in the Northeast: (doc, pdf) Provides results of a phone survey of the electrical wholesale firms in the Northeast who participate in the Thermostat Recycling Corporation's (TRC) program to collect used mercury-containing thermostats. Federal Facilities Case Studies: Provides case studies that represent the culmination of a cooperative effort of the Environmental Protection Agency New England (EPA NE), NEWMOA, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MA DEP), and four New England Federal Facilities to develop a methodology to assist Federal Facilities to identify and reduce uses of mercury.
Northeast States & Eastern Canadian Provinces Mercury Study, A Framework for Action
For more information about NEWMOA's mercury projects, contact Terri Goldberg at .
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