[AustinEcoNetwork] Sierra Club hair testing event 11 AM Wed May 7

[Brandi M Clark]

From: Donna Hoffman [mailto:donna.hoffman at sierraclub.org]
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We have worked together to Stop the Coal Rush in the past couple of years
and the campaign is moving forward.

Next Wednesday, May 7, at 11:00 AM, Sierra Club will announce legal action
concerning Maximum Available Control Technology for Hazardous Pollutants and
we will conduct hair testing for mercury.  The legal action could impact
three Texas coal plants.  

 

We hope you can come to have your hair tested.  A small sample of your hair
will be sent to the lab for analysis and results mailed to you.  You can
attend without having your hair tested, too.

 

WHAT:  Sierra Club announces legal action concerning Hazardous Pollutants
from Coal Plants and conducts Hair Testing for Mercury

WHEN:  Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 AM

WHERE: Wet Salon, 1109 S. Congress Ave., Austin, Texas

 

I hope you can attend and let your network of friends, family, and neighbors
know about the hair testing event next Tuesday at 11:00 so they can also
participate.

 <http://www.sierraclub.org/mercury/get_tested/> 

 
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Have your hair tested for mercury. 

 

WHEN:                       Wednesday, May 7, 11:00 AM

 

WHERE:         Wet Salon, 1109 S. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas

 

WHO: Women of child-bearing years, your Family, and Friends and other
Concerned Citizens

 

WHAT:           Sierra Club conducts hair testing at Wet Salon and announces
national legal action concerning mercury from coal-fired power plants. 

Hair tests will be sent to a lab for analysis.  Results and information will
be mailed to you.

 

Mercury, a potent neurotoxin, falls in our lakes and rivers making some fish
unsafe to eat.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has warned pregnant
women and any woman who might want to become pregnant to avoid or limit fish
consumption. In-utero exposure to mercury can cause severe mental
retardation, cerebral palsy, deafness, blindness, and seizures. A University
of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio study released April 30th
found that autism increased by 17% for every 1,000 pounds of mercury that is
emitted locally in Texas. Every year from 2000-2006, Texas has ranked #1 in
the nation for mercury emissions and seventeen bodies of water in our State
are currently under Fish Consumption Advisory from the Texas Department of
State Health Services due to mercury contamination.  

 

At the Wet Salon hair testing event on Wednesday, May 7 at 11:00 AM, the
Sierra Club will announce a legal action concerning mercury from coal plants
nationwide.  The Sierra Club legal action will impact 3 coal plants in
Texas.   For more information see -- http://www.sierraclub.org/mercury/
Thank you, Wet Salon.

 

 

 

Contact:  Donna Hoffman, 512-477-1729 office or 512-299-5776 cell

 

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Donna Hoffman

Communication Coordinator

Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club

1202 San Antonio St., Austin, TX  78702

P. O. Box 1931, Austin, TX  78767

512-477-1729 or 512-299-5776 cell

http://texas.sierraclub.org/

Donna.Hoffman at SierraClub.org

Explore, Enjoy, Protect

 

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