Citizens for a Clean Columbia (CCC) January 2017 Newsletter
Citizens for a Clean Columbia (CCC) Newsletter – January 2017
Northport Crohn’s & Colitis Study Underway
Northport 2016 BWH/Harvard Crohn's & Colitis Study Underway ~ Still Recruiting Participants ~ Dr. Josh Korzenik, The Director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), one of the leading IBD researchers in the country, and his team have begun their second study of the health cluster of ulcerative colitis... Continue Reading →
BWH/Harvard Northport IBD Study to begin next month
2016 BWH/Harvard Crohn’s & Ulcerative Colitis study to begin in November In 2011 Dr. Josh Korzenik, The Director of the Crohn’s and Colitis Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH), one of the leading IBD researchers in the country, and his team conducted a study of Northport residents through health questionnaires and medical record confirmations.... Continue Reading →
Linking Air Pollution to Colitis & Crohn’s
Linking Air Pollution to Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease; A statement for Northport residents, epidemiologists, research organizations and universities on an opportunity for an epidemiological case-control study on Crohn’s and Ulcerative Colitis that continues to be ignored By Jamie Paparich Extensive studies continue to be... Continue Reading →
Teck’s “dissapointment” is disgraceful
Sept. 9, 2016 By Jamie Paparich Last month a U.S. District Court Judge ruled Teck, a Canadian smelter, must pay the Confederated Tribes of the Colville (Washington) Reservation $8.25 million in reimbursement of the Tribe’s legal expenses that have mounted in the two decade long legal battle with the smelter. The battle was over the... Continue Reading →
Ninth Circuit rules in favor of Teck smelter on liability claim
The Original article published at Lake Roosevelt Forum, http://www.lrf.org A three judge panel from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that aerial deposition from the Teck smelter in Trail, Canada does not constitute "disposal." As such, Teck cannot be held liable for hazardous substances such as lead, arsenic and mercury emitted from Trail smoke... Continue Reading →
Northport Residents – Meeting with multi-media project “Their Mines, Our Stories” – May 28th
Their Mines, Our Stories, is a multi-media project started by two professors from the Evergreen State College. Anne Fischel (Media and Community Studies) and Lin Nelson (Environmental Health and Community Studies) began this project by documenting the experiences of individuals in communities who worked at, and/or lived close to, one of the ASARCO smelters. ASARCO is... Continue Reading →
Radio Interview – Northport Calling For Teck Petition
LSON NEWSREGIONAL NEWS ACTIVIST CALLING FOR TECK PETITION GLENN HICKS — MAY 4, 2016 An activist south of the border is calling on citizens to make sure Teck is held accountable for its historic air pollution. Jamie Paparich in Northport, Washington is calling on citizens to petition the appeal court panel after Teck argued... Continue Reading →
THE NORTHPORT PROJECT 