'Northport Project’ seeks funds for toxin testing' February 27, 2012 BY JAMIE HENNEMAN, ONLINE NEWS In her ongoing efforts to create awareness and education about the affects of commercial pollutants in her hometown, Jamie Paparich is working to raise funds so people living in Northport can be tested for toxins. Paparich’s “Northport Project” is currently... Continue Reading →
1992 Northport WA Article on town’s “death list” & link to Teck Smelter
Spokane Chronicle - May 27, 1992 "Canadian Companies Suspected in Illness" Read this archived article at: http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=kxd3qP2_5uAC&dat=19920527&printsec=frontpage&hl=en (pages 7 & 8 or B1 & B2) The last paragraph in the story is a quote from my Grandma, regarding all the illnesses found in Northport residents, specifically the children; "It's too late for my children because... Continue Reading →
Inflammation in Columbia Sturgeon from Smelter’s Slag
ENVIRONMENT Inflammation in Columbia Sturgeon that ate Slag ; The Associated Press Published: 02/06/11 4:05 pm | Updated: 02/06/11 4:05 pm SPOKANE, Wash. – A U.S. Geological Survey study has found chronic inflammation in the digestive tracks of juvenile sturgeon that ingested slag from Teck Resources' smelter along the Columbia River just north of the... Continue Reading →
Northport WA Colitis/Crohn’s Study – Focus on Smelter Pollution – Spokesman Examiner (Feb 2011)
Study tracks reasons behind high rate of illness near Northport Focus is area downstream from B.C. smelter Dan Pelle photo Gail Leaden was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, as was her friend on the right in the photograph. Both women used to live in Northport, Wash. Some suspect that emissions from a Trail, B.C., smelter contributed to their... Continue Reading →
Pollution Still Impacts Northport – Statesman Examiner (Dec 2010)
Pollution Still Impacts Northport Community BY JAMIE HENNEMAN From Black Sand to Medical Studies Although the years of a smelter at Trail, B.C. dumping industrial waste into the Columbia River have ended, the impact to communities like Northport across the border is still being scrutinized. Teck Resources Ltd., formerly Cominco, is a lead and zinc smelter... Continue Reading →