"At the Sept. 10 trial, attorneys for the tribe and the state will seek to prove that the waste discharged from the smelter was hazardous. The case will be heard in U.S. District Court in Yakima, with Judge Lonny R. Suko presiding."Click the link to read more about the September 10th trial.......http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/aug/12/teck-colville-tribe-go-to-trial-over-slag/Hopefully this is the first... Continue Reading →
Repost: Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers doesn’t care? Post
Reposted 8/18/12: Below is the response I received from Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers regarding my concern that Ecology and Teck took down the air monitor they promised to keep up after four air monitoring phases done in Northport in the 1990's all concluded levels of arsenic and cadmium were consistently found to be way above all safety standards right after... Continue Reading →
Teck responds to Northport Washington health cluster study results
High disease rate found in town near B.C. Teck smelter CBC News Posted: Aug 14, 2012 4:36 PM PT Teck responds to smelter illness accusations A U.S. study has found an unusually high incidence of gastrointestinal disease in a small U.S. town located downstream from a Teck smelter in Trail, B.C. Northport, Wash., is a... Continue Reading →
Northport study shows elevated rate of disease
Study shows elevated rate of bowel disease in Washington town downstream of B.C.’s Trail smelter Wednesday, August 15, 2012 By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun Teck Resources (smelter), Trail B.C. Photographed by: UDO WEITZ, Vancouver Sun Jamie Paparich’s father and aunt grew up on the family farm on Mitchell Road in Northport, Wash., just downstream of the... Continue Reading →
Radio interview on Northport IBD study results
Tuesday August 14, 2012 Doctor confirms high rate of colitis south of Teck smelter Teck's lead and zinc smelter in Trail, B.C., upstream from Northport, Washington. (Contributed by: Teck Resources) To residents of Northport Washington, the news might not be a surprise -- but for many, it might be validation. Northport is a community of... Continue Reading →
Spokesman Article on Northport IBD Study Results
Researcher seeking clues behind clusters of disease in tiny town High number of Northport residents have colitis or Crohn’s disease Becky Kramer The Spokesman-Review Rose Kalamarides and her mother, Kay Paparich, talk last month about the high rate of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in Northport, Wash. Local residents suspect a link to pollution from a smelter in nearby Trail, B.C. NORTHPORT,... Continue Reading →