Dr. Korzenik, the Director of the Crohn's and Colitis Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital, one of Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals, is the physician heading up the current Northport Crohn's and Colitis study. The results of the first phase of the study was published last month. The abstract stated of the 117 current Northport residents who participated in the study 17 had been diagnosed with... Continue Reading →
Huge Admission from Canadian Cross-Border Polluter, Teck Resources
Huge Admission from Canadian Cross-Border Polluter, Teck Resources By rosehips | Posted September 11, 2012 | Northport, Washington I have personally been waiting decades for this. In an historic admission on the eve of a court case pitting two members of the Colville Confederated Tribes, the state of Washington and the EPA against a Canadian... Continue Reading →
Northport, the Town That Could Help Cure IBD
Northport, the Town That Could Help Cure IBD Published September 18, 2012 Written by Jaime Weinstein Small towns are often known for having a story or legend to call their own. This story in particular involves the quiet little town of Northport, Wash., a long-standing pollution battle with a Canadian mining company, and a potential... Continue Reading →
Northport Community Protection & Awareness Program – help us spread the word!
Please pass this along to those who are not aware of it. The more people who know the better chance we have at receiving enough funding and support to move forward with this program! What is the Northport Community Protection & Awareness Program? The main purpose of the program is to keep the residents... Continue Reading →
Comments worth posting – a special thank you from The Northport Project to Shayla
Comment from Shayla Phillips: I cannot thank you enough for writing this....I am in the eigth grade and I am doing a school project on Northport. There was so much info on Northport in this and I fully enjoyed reading. Im Stephanie and Levi's younger daughter Shayla Shayla _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Response submitted by The Northport Project... Continue Reading →
Rebroadcast of Northport IBD Cluster Studyinterview with Dr. Kim today 6:00 AM
Rebroadcast of interview with Dr. Kim today 6:00 AM "Dr. Kim Talks" is a 1 hour program on KYRS Radio in Spokane, WA. Dr. Kim contacted me regarding the Northport IBD cluster and its preliminary epidemiologic study (as well as the work that led to the preliminary study). I was interviewed on her program Thursday,... Continue Reading →