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100% of the mercury in an automobile is released when the vehicle is recycled to make new steel. |
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Automobiles are the most recycled product on the planet. |
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It takes only one gram of mercury (a little more than the amount in one vehicle mercury switch) to contaminate a 20 acre lake for one year to the point where the fish should not be eaten. |
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A non-mercury replacement for a convenience lighting switch costs an extra 12 cents to produce. |
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Health Canada's allowable mercury levels in maternal blood is 20 ppb – that's more than three times the U.S. limit of 5.8 ppb. |
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1 in 6 pregnant women in the U.S. have blood mercury levels which will pose a risk to the neurological development of their child. |
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There are approximately 16 million tonnes of steel produced annually in Canada. |
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Mercury levels in a newborn's blood typically exceeds those of their mother by nearly 70%. |
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Mercury is implicated in 99% of all fish advisories in Ontario. |
