2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 4 Jan 2007 03:14:39 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Energy Department mercury stockpile
 
U.S. won't sell huge stockpile of mercury
Decision could boost efforts to phase out its use worldwide
		
By Michael Hawthorne
Chicago Tribune
January 3, 2007

One of the nation's largest stockpiles of toxic mercury will remain locked up instead of oozing into the world market.

After mulling a potential sale for several months, the U.S. Department of Energy confirmed Tuesday that it will keep nearly 1,300 tons of mercury in storage, increasing pressure on private companies to follow the same policy.

The Tribune reported in November that federal officials were considering selling off the Energy Department's surplus, prompted in part by legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) that would ban American exports of the silvery metal.

Once used to process material for hydrogen bombs, the government's mercury has been in storage since alternative methods were developed in the early 1960s.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/health/chi-0701030035jan03,1,1289896.story?ctrack=1&cset=true

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