Fwd: FAYETTE DEMOCRATS TO EXAMINE RECENT TOXIC RELEASE OF CHEMICALS AND ITS EFFECTS ON HEALTH OF FAYETTE RESIDENTS

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From: Ariel_K2 <ariel_k2@yahoo.com>

Date: June 12, 2007 10:13:39 AM EDT

To: Me Spencer <ariel_k2@yahoo.com>

Subject: FAYETTE DEMOCRATS TO EXAMINE RECENT TOXIC RELEASE OF CHEMICALS AND ITS EFFECTS ON HEALTH OF FAYETTE RESIDENTS

For Immediate Release June 11, 2007

Contact: Karen L. Kilgo Director-Media Relations 3rd Congressional District 770-315-4727 ariel_k2@yahoo.com

FAYETTE DEMOCRATS TO EXAMINE RECENT TOXIC RELEASE OF CHEMICALS AND ITS EFFECTS ON HEALTH OF FAYETTE RESIDENTS

Brunch Meeting to Be Held in Fayetteville, on Saturday, June 16, 2007, beginning at 10 AM

 

The Fayette County Democratic Committee will gather for a brunch meeting on Saturday, June 16, 2007.  The meeting will be held at Onyxx restaurant in Fayetteville.  The meeting will begin at 10 AM.   Brunch will be available for $7/person.

 

Ms. Connie Biemiller, a clinical social worker and chairman of the South Fulton and Fayette Community Task Force, will inform the Fayette Democrats about the harm that has been brought to our community by the toxic release of the pesticide, Ethoprop.  Many Fayette residents report on-going physical impairment after exposure to this chemical from a waste water treatment facility in Fairburn last year.

 

Ms. Biemiller became a citizen activist in the summer of 2006 when the "onion smell" became prevalent in the Fayette County area.  She began making calls to the state Environmental Protection Division and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and learned that toxic chemicals were being released from a nearby waste water treatment plant.  Ms. Biemiller created a petition and set up signs in her neighborhood to educate and alert her community about this issue.  The South Fulton and Fayette Community Task Force lobbied to have the waste water treatment plant's permit pulled--stopping them from emitting any more toxins into the air and shutting down 90% of their business at their Fairburn location. 

 

Many in the surrounding community still report adverse health effects from exposure to the toxic pesticide, Ethoprop.  Ms. Biemiller believes, from her research in pesticide exposure, that many more in this community will become ill in years to come.

 

The Fayette County Democrats meet on the third Saturday of each month.   Onyxx restaurant is located at750 North Glenn Street (Georgia Highway 85) in Fayetteville.  For directions or for more information, call Judith Moore, Chair, at 770-969-5237 or via e-mail at judith44@bellsouth.net. 

 

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Paid for and authorized by the Fayette County Democratic Committee, PO Box 1223, Fayetteville, GA  30214-6223; Judith Moore, Chair; Wendy Felton, Executive Vice Chair; Alice Jones, Treasurer; Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee.

 

 

 

 

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