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Last updated by joeman08 on Sat, 10/20/2007 - 15:50.
Everyone has them. And everyone has thrown them away. One little AA battery might not seem like a big deal, but when you consider just how many batteries get dumped into landfills each year, it shocks you. You stand in the middle of your kitchen holding the dead cell about as far away from you as you can (once you learn just which nasty chemicals it contains, that is) and think to yourself “well now what?”
That’s my cue.
I’m the battery guy. That’s what they call me when I go to the grade school to pick up the large green file tubs that are usually overflowing with batteries.
Last updated by mercuryfallingjax on Wed, 08/22/2007 - 10:43.
JEA has the highest rates of mercury emissions in all of Florida, according to Florida PIRG. Mercury is a dangerous neurotoxin, especially for pregant women and children. It's one of the reasons why you can't eat the fish you catch locally. JEA is city-owned, so everyone in Jacksonville is a shareholder. Tell the mayor and city council that you support the Mercury Falling initiative - that JEA lower its mercury emissions by the same amount it raises rates. Find out more and write the mayor and city council at http://mercuryfallingjax.blogspot.com/
