Re: ATTENTION DIOXIN ACTIVISTS - WORKING ASSETS TO TARGET DIOXIN

[william sanjour <wsanjour@lincs.net>]

Letters addressed to the administrator of EPA are logged and sent to
someone in the agency for response and tracked.  I'm not sure this is
true for E-mail.

Bill Sanjour
http://pwp.lincs.net/sanjour


"Ms. Viv Mountford" wrote:
> 
> Unless it's changed recently, I believe Carol Browner's email address is
> browner.carol@epa.gov if people would find it easier to email her a letter
> about this
> Viv Mountford (Ms)
> Industry & Pollution Activist
> Halton Friends of the Earth Group,  Cheshire, England
> Email vivmount@greener.u-net.com
> Phone/Fax (44)-1928-566236
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   monica rohde [SMTP:mrohde@essential.org]
> Sent:   Wednesday, June 16, 1999 9:31 PM
> To:     Multiple recipients of list DIOXIN-L
> Subject:        ATTENTION DIOXIN ACTIVISTS - WORKING ASSETS TO TARGET DIOXIN
> 
> ATTENTION DIOXIN ACTIVISTS
> WORKING ASSETS TO TARGET DIOXIN IN JUNE PHONE BILL
> 
> Working Assets Long Distance Company has chosen dioxin to be one of it's
> target issues for the June phone bills. They are asking customers to
> contact EPA Administrator Carol Browner and demand the immediate release
> of the EPA's final Dioxin Reassessment.  You either do this by making a
> phone call to the EPA - which Working Assets will reimburse you for or
> you can check the box on your phone bill and they will send a letter in
> your name.  Or if you are a Working Assets customer you can send a
> letter by logging onto their web page - www.wald.com  - click on
> "Citizen Actions."
> 
> As you know we have been waiting for years for the final dioxin
> reassessment which provides important information about the health
> effects of exposure to dioxin which is needed to protect our families
> and our children. Yet the failure to release the final reassessment
> provides an excuse for industry and policy makers to ignore the evidence
> provided in the draft reassessment and to avoid writing protective
> policies. Every month that goes by without a final version of the
> reassessment adds to the accumulating level of dioxin in the American
> people.
> 
> This is a great time for all of us to be speaking out about dioxin given
> the recent events in Belgium with dioxin and PCB contaminated food.  So
> let your voice be heard.  We need to make sure that a similar situation
> doesn't happen here in the US.
> 
> Spread the word to you friends, neighbors and relatives.  Let's flood
> the EPA with calls!
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Copy of the text:
> 
> Time to Protect the Public from Deadly Dioxin
> 
> Current regulations intended to protect us from dioxin are inadequate.
> Dioxin is a known human carcinogen that has been linked to birth
> defects, nervous system damage, skin disorders and cancer. There are
> numerous sources of dioxin, including municipal and medical waste
> incineration, pulp and paper production, and petroleum manufacturing.
> The Environmental Protection Agency has been studying the damaging
> effects of dioxin on public health and the environment for a decade, but
> has not released its findings. Dioxin will continue to poison our air,
> water and food until the EPA imposes stringent regulations on industry.
> 
> Call EPA Administrator Carol Browner at 202/260-4700 and tell her to
> protect the public from dioxin by releasing the report and imposing
> strict regulations.
> 
> Thanks for helping out.
> 
> Monica Rohde
> Dioxin Campaign Coordinator
> 
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