Editor,
I am sad to report that Judge Sartin ruled against Sierra Club and
SOS's
appeal that mercury be considered as a polluting emission from the
Suwannee/American Cement Kiln. Mercury warnings are issued in
the Lake City
Reporter against eating fish caught in one of our Outstanding Florida
Waters,
the Santa Fe River, yet DEP still can permit a cement kiln to dump
anywhere
from 97 to 180 additional pounds of mercury per year into the atmosphere.
Mercury causes brain damage.
I continue to be stunned that citizens have to fight the government
to
protect our water and air supplies, when we all know that soon all
of our
waters will be polluted, but that there won't be enough water anyway.
Come to the Three Rivers Festival in Ft. White Sunday April 30th, 2-7
PM.
Come in droves to demonstrate to Governor Bush that he and his brother
will
pay the price in loss of votes because he refuses to step in and protect
our
endangered Florida Environment.
Virginia Seacrist
SICK, Chairperson