Press Releases
Friday, October 2, 2009
Gold Rush to Turn Glaciers to Slush
The world’s largest gold-mining company plans to “re-locate” three pristine glaciers in South America to excavate a vast open-pit gold mine, with production techniques that could poison the... Read More
Friday, October 2, 2009
No Mercury Reductions from Chlorine Industry
The chlorine industry continues to be one of the United States’ biggest mercury polluters, Oceana said today in Poison Plants II, an updated version of the group’s groundbreaking... Read More
Friday, October 2, 2009
Leading Mercury Experts: Mercury in Fish Harmful
Mercury levels in fish are high enough to pose health risks to moderate and heavy fish eaters, mercury experts said in a report released today. Commissioned by Oceana... Read More
Friday, October 2, 2009
Leading Scientists Andrew Rosenberg, Ransom Myers Reveal
A new study shows that for every five pounds of fish caught by U.S. commercial fisheries, one pound is dumped – dead, dying and wasted. Each year, U.S.... Read More
Friday, October 2, 2009
Oceana Events in Three Cities Pressure Mercury-polluting Companies to Clean Up
Armed with the latest data on the chlorine industry’s mercury emissions and personal pleas by hundreds of concerned citizens, Oceana again today called on ERCO Worldwide, Olin Chemical... Read More
Friday, October 2, 2009
A Second Fishery Management Council Votes to Protect Deep-Sea Corals
Delivering a second major victory for the oceans in two weeks, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council unanimously voted today to accept the recent New England council decision to... Read More
Friday, October 2, 2009
Concerned Moms Urge Supermarkets to Post Warning Signs for Mercury-tainted Seafood
Concerned mothers and students from cities across America appealed to their local grocers today to post signs wherever fish subject to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory... Read More
