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A [http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/news_reports/news_03_17_10.php 2010 report ] by the [[Environmental Integrity Project]] says using [[EPA]] data found that Gavin is the 12th worst [[mercury and coal|mercury]] polluter in the United States, emitting 937 pounds of mercury in 2008, the most recent year for data, up from 435 pounds in 2007, a 115. Still4 percent increase from 2007. Despite more than doubling its mercury emissions, the coal-fired plant is within mercury-emission limits set by the state. An American Electric Power spokeswoman told the Columbus Dispatch the increase at Gavin was due to a switch to a different type of coal that contained more mercury.<ref>[http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/woub/news.newsmain/article/0/0/1625326/news/More.mercury.at.Gavin "More mercury at Gavin"] WOUB, March 18, 2010.</ref>