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• Lead Mercury Reduction Agencies and Contacts
• Mercury Collection Programs/ Opportunities
• Funding Opportunities
• State Mercury Health Advisories
• Case Studies
• Other Links

Lead Mercury Reduction Agencies and Contacts

• Florida Department of Environmental Protection
  • South Florida Mercury Science Program
  • Florida's Waste Management - Mercury Page
  • Florida's Waste Management - Mercury Contacts
  • Environmental Education
• Health Care Without Harm
• How to Plan and Hold a Mercury Thermometer Exchange
• Going Green: A Resource Kit for Pollution Prevention in Health Care<

DEP Mercury Program Staff

Thomas D. Atkeson, Ph.D. ; Mercury Coordinator

e-mail: Thomas.atkeson@dep.state.fl.us

Don Axelrad, Ph.D.; Environmental Administrator

e-mail: don.axelrad@dep.state.fl.us

Mercury Collection Program/Opportunities

• Florida Mercury Thermometer Exchange
• Mercury Free in the New Millennium - includes funding provided by USEPA, the Florida DEP, and participating local governments
• Mercury Medical Thermometer Exchange Locations

Pack your mercury thermometer in its original case or wrap it in a material that will prevent breakage and seal it in a small plastic airtight bag. During Pollution Prevention Week, take it to a thermometer exchange location and trade it for a FREE mercury-free thermometer. For more information, contact any of the local governments listed below, or call your FDEP District P2 Coordinator, listed below:

• Northeast DEP
• Southeast DEP
• Northwest DEP
• Southwest DEP
• South DEP
• Central DEP

Northeast DEP - Larry Krestalude, 904-448-4320, x.206

• Alachua County - Gus Olmos, 352-955-2442
• Bradford County - Donny Wise, 904- 966-6212
• Columbia County - Steve Knight, 904-758-1058
• Duval County - Jackie Eldridge, 904-665-8050
• Hamilton County - Ron Taylor, 904-792-1414
• Jefferson County - Dan MacDonald, 850-342-0168
  
• Levy County - Don May, 352-486-5301
• Putnam County - Laurey Gauch, 904-329-0436
• Union County - Richard Land, 904-496-3211

Southeast DEP - Jorge Patino, 561-681-6759

• Broward County - Kay Somers, 954-519-1257
• Broward County Fourth Annual Thermometer Exchange 2001
• Miami-Dade County - Jennifer Roden, 305-372-6825
• Palm Beach County - Selva Selvendran, 561-355-3136, x.1143

Northwest DEP - Charles Goddard, 850-595-8300, x.1110

• Escambia County - Chris Wagley, 850-595-3535
• Leon County - Rosemary Bottcher, 850-922-0400

Southwest DEP - Ken Huntington, 813-744-6100, x.349

• Hillsborough County - Julia Palaschak, 813-272-5912
• Pinellas County - Tammy Allen, 727-464-4761
• Sarasota County - Lois Rose, 941-316-1301, x. 202

South DEP - Laura Comer, 941-332-6975, x.170

• Charlotte County - Jim Thomson, 941-639-1349
• Collier County - Ray Smith, 941-732-2502
• Glades County - David Whidden, 941-675-0124
• Hendry County - Rainee Helfrich, 941-675-5252
• Highlands County - Christy Reed, 941-655-6477
• Lee County - Rick Clontz, 941-338-3302

Central DEP - Richard Burns, 407-893-3980

• City of Melbourne - Randy Greer, 407-255-4619
• City of Titusville - Jessie Carpenter, 407-383-5642
• Lake County - Bob Perkins, 352-343-6030, x.242
• Orange County - Marie Driscoll, 407-836-7447
• Seminole County - John Hauserman, 407-665-2250
• Volusia County - Lisa Ray, 904-736-5927

Funding Opportunities

• Solid Waste Grants Main Page - includes: Recycling and Education Grant, Waste Tire Grant, Small County Grant, Litter Prevention and Control Grant, and Playground Surfacing Grant.

State Mercury Health Advisories

• Advisories by Water Body and County
• Map Showing Health Warning Areas
• Health Advisories
• Fish Consumption Guidelines

Case Studies

• An Old Danger in Need of New Public Education Efforts

Other Links

• Mercury in the Everglades
• Cycling and Speciation of Mercury in the Food Chain of South Florida
• Mercury in Relation to Everglades restoration
• The Everglades Mercury Problem
• Florida's Mercury Menace - Florida State University's Research in Review
• Florida's Mercury Menace (Reposted)
• Mercury in Florida's Environment
• South Florida Ecological Assessment
• Toward the virtual elimination of mercury from the solid waste stream