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DENVER—Colorado will start monitoring mercury emissions from power plants, a step toward a state rule dramatically slashing mercury emissions over the next decade.
Colorado’s Air Quality Control Commission approved the monitoring rule Thursday. It will affect 11 plants.
Federal environmental authorities estimate Colorado emits some 1,400 pounds of mercury a year, but an exact measure won’t be known until the power plants are monitored.
Mercury pollution can cause birth defects and heart problems. Colorado has committed to cut mercury emissions 90 percent by 2018.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
