BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan - USATODAY.com

BP gets OK to dump mercury into Lake Michigan - USATODAY.com: "The permit exempts the BP plant at Whiting, Ind., 3 miles southeast of Chicago, from a 1995 federal regulation limiting mercury discharges into the Great Lakes to 1.3 ounces per year.
The BP plant reported releasing 3 pounds of mercury through surface water discharges each year from 2002 to 2005, according to the Toxics Release Inventory,"

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GW Cheney thought bubble:
It takes a lot of lube to fuck over millions of Americans....