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Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is considering whether to allow a proposed coal-fired power plant to be built without using the most stringent pollution controls available for toxic pollution like mercury.

Not only does burning coal release global warming pollution and smog, but it also releases hazardous pollutants like mercury, arsenic and chromium. If constructed, the proposed coal plant will continue to produce this pollution for fifty years or more. Through the air we breathe and the fish we eat, Georgians will be at risk of exposure to toxins that are linked to cancer and that pose serious health threats to pregnant women and children. South Georgia's iconic blackwater streams are already overloaded with the toxic pollutant mercury. The mercury from this plant will fall into these vulnerable systems and further taint the fish.

LS Power, a New Jersey based company, wants to build the coal plant using older technology, rather than using the most stringent pollution controls available.

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