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• Region 10 Mercury Strategy Framework
• Mercury Contamination at Superfund Sites
• Air Quality
• State and Regional Mercury Programs
• Fish Advisories

Mercury Strategy - Our Regional Mercury Strategy Framework (PDF) (14pp, 6.3MB) describes eight key activities that are intended to reduce human exposure to mercury.

Superfund Sites in Region 10 with Mercury Contamination

• Wycoff Eagle Harbor
• Tulalip Landfill
• Harbor Island
• ARRCOM (Drexler Enterprises)
• Stibnite/Yellow Pine Mining Area
• Lower Duwamish
• Idaho National Engineering Lab (INEEL)
• Commencement Bay-Nearshore Tideflats
• Upper Columbia River

Air Quality - Mercury compounds are one of 188 hazardous air pollutants regulated by EPA under the Clean Air Act. Visit our Air Toxics Program page for more information.

State and Regional Mercury Programs (the following links lead outside of EPA's Web site )

Alaska
Environmental Geochemistry of Mercury Mines in Alaska
State Veterinarian's Fish Monitoring Program
Statewide Mercury Hair Biomonitoring Program
Northern Contaminants Program (Canada)
Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (International Committee)
Department of Health Mercury Publications
Idaho
Ada County - Mercury Thermometer Exchange
Oregon
Oregon DEQ Land Quality - Mercury Information
Mercury Reduction Strategy (PDF) (1pp, 189K, About PDF)
Mercury Pollution Prevention Project (Oregon Environmental Council)

Washington
Washington's Mercury Chemical Action Plan
Universal Waste Rule for Batteries and Mercury-Containing Thermostats
Monitoring Toxic Contaminants
Fish Facts for Healthy Nutrition
Labeling, Recycling and Disposal
Health Concerns about Mercury in Necklaces
Products with Mercury (King County)
Mercury Assessment in King County (658kb, 96pp, .pdf) About PDF
Regional
Pollution Prevention Resource Council (PPRC)
• Mercury, Mercury Reduction Programs, Automobiles, Dental , Health Care, Schools, Thermometers, Thermostats
Northwest Product Stewardship Council
• Product Stewardship, Policies

Fish Advisories

EPA's Fish Advisory Resources
• Columbia River Basin Fish Contaminant Survey
Alaska
Idaho
Oregon
Washington

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