need Hg in & near NY? Ravena's cement factory

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Two Elyses tackle one big environmental issue. <http://bit.ly/hLlBKb>

By Lee Albany Times Union 24 December 2010

What unites Elyse and Elyse Kunz is their courage to challenge a

cement factory in the village of Ravena. The factory is an economic

giant that few previously dared to question. But it is New York's second

biggest source of airborne mercury.

and Kunz formed Community Advocates for Safe Emissions to urge

the state to crack down on the plant's emissions. The group has managed

to draw nationwide attention to its cause. In May, and Kunz

invited experts from the Harvard School of Public Health to test about

185 residents for arsenic, lead, cadmium, aluminum and selenium.

first grew concerned when she realized her then-4-year-old son was

acting unusually and persistently aggressive. Tests revealed elevated

levels of mercury and lead in his body.

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