Media Advisory

February 10, 2006

Media Advisory  Feb.  10, 2006
Contact: Bill Price 304-389-8822; Abraham Mwaura 304-633-6976; Vivian Stockman 340-360-1979
 
WHAT: Safety in Mining Communities
Sludge Injection and Sludge Impoundments
Affected Citizens Tell of Slow Poisoning, Other Safety Worries;
Ask Legislators to Pass Sludge Safety Bill to Improve Safety of Mining Communities
         
WHEN: Noon, Tuesday, Feb. 14
       
WHERE: Lower Rotunda, State Capitol (first floor, below the dome)
         
WHO: Residents of Mingo, Boone and Raleigh Counties; Members of the House of Delegates; Members of the Sludge Safety Project who are working to extend health and safety beyond the mine gate to mining communities.
 
WHY: As long as sludge safety issues remain unaddressed, thousands of West Virginians will continue to live in danger.
                 
VISUALS: Samples of people’s well water, which, before coal slurry injection started, ran clear and tasted good, now black, sometimes orange. Testimonials from people who feel that underground injection of coal slurry has contaminated their wells and severely compromised the health of entire communities. Photos of coal sludge impoundments.
 
MORE INFORMATION: www.sludgesafety.org
www.sludgesafety.org/what_me_worry/cip_survey_report_12_05.pdf
www.sludgesafety.org/what_me_worry/wju_report.pdf

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