KC is candidate to store nation’s waste mercury

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"....Mercury has long been considered highly toxic to humans, plants and animals.

It is still used in chlorine and caustic soda manufacturing, but Congress is trying to eliminate that, Levenstein said. Mercury also is recouped through recycling and waste recovery, and it is generated as a by-product of gold mining.

Mercury is heavy. A single gallon weighs about 113 pounds, so it requires sturdy containers and sturdy floors.

That makes the Kansas City Plant an ideal candidate, said Gale Carlson, environmental public health epidemiologist for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services....."



KC MEETING SET
The federal government will hold a public meeting July 23 to discuss the proposed mercury storage facility at the Kansas City Plant. The meeting will be from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Embassy Suites, 220 W. 43rd St.