EPA is seeking feedback from community residents on the Upper Columbia River investigation and how they would like to be informed of site-related news.
EPA Seeking Feedback on Community Involvement Plan From Area Residents
John Roland – Our Champion
John Roland, 63, passed away peacefully on October 10, 2021. He was a senior geologist with the Washington Department of Ecology, working in the Agency’s Spokane regional office for over three decades. I was fortunate enough to meet John in 2008. He was the first government employee to respond to the numerous letters I had... Continue Reading →
Unusual Cluster of IBD in Northport – findings from MGH study
Gastroenterology Journal - Summary of MGH Crohn’s & Colitis Study of Northport Residents Article Abstract
Teck in its Tweens: An Update on 12 Years of Litigation Over The Canadian Smelter
Kelly T. Wood, Assistant Attorney General Just over the border from Northeast Washington, in the town of Trail, B.C., the Teck Metals (formerly Teck Cominco) smelter hovers over the Columbia River like a bird of prey. In 2002 and 2003, swimmer Christopher Swain swam the length of the Columbia—from its Canadian headwaters to the Pacific... Continue Reading →
Our Spokesman Opinion Article
EPA report missed a lot Sat., Aug. 1, 2020 The EPA has released its draft Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) for public comment. How did the EPA’s Human Health Risk Assessment not take the below statistics into account when assessing the risk Northport residents are in. 34% of the Northport community is suffering from one... Continue Reading →
EPA’s Human Health Risk Assessment of Northport
Within the 1,989 pages of the HHRA nothing addressed the fact that 34% of the Northport community is suffering from one of the health issues listed in my comments above.