Slapped in the face
(Mississippi Press, 9/21/06)
Pascagoula Community is concerned about the probable carcinogen DuPont will put in its water, but DuPont is going ahead with its PFOA-plan anyway.
Passions stirred at PFOA meeting
(The Mississippi Press, 10/27/06)
Young, the pastor of the Greater First Baptist Church in Escatawpa, waited to address the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality regarding perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. When his turn arrived, the reverend said he spoke for "the common man."
"I speak for the poor whites and the poor blacks and the Hispanic," Young said. "I speak for those who do not have the money to fight this giant -- DuPont. They don't have a voice against this Goliath with millions and millions of dollars. The real truth is New Jersey didn't want this. It's better for their state to chuck this stuff at us and produce it at the facilities within our homes in Pascagoula." Read more...
Sierra Club members ask public to attend meeting on PFOA (The Mississippi Press, 10/22/06) Sierra Club Gulf Coast chapter members went door-to-door Saturday along Frederic Street, starting by the Pascagoula waste water treatment plant, asking residents to come to Thursday's Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality meeting on perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA.
OUR OPINION MDEQ assurance is off base (The Mississippi Press, 10/23/06)
MDEQ becomes voice for Dupont (10/23/06)
Regulators, scientific studies support First Chemical project (10/22/06)
DuPont claims PFOA will have minimal impact. Critic: DuPont can't control it (The Sun Herald, Bioloxi, 10/20/06) "It's clear DuPont can't control this chemical and is unwilling to accept responsibility when it fails to do so," said Brenda Songy of Sierra Club's Gulf Coast Chapter. "They have proven this in Ohio, West Virginia and North Carolina already. Residents of the Katrina-devastated Gulf Coast are not willing to serve as DuPont's next guinea pigs."
Few attend public forum on PFOA (The Mississippi Press, 10/20/06) But opponents like Rick Abraham, an environmental consultant with the United Steelworkers, argues that because the process is new and health studies continue regarding PFOA, company estimates are assumptions and the company cannot provide guarantees for safety. "It's never been tried on this scale," said Abraham, who attended the morning session Thursday.
Union: PFOA leaks (The Sun Herald, Biloxi, 10/19/06)
Chemical cocktail in the environment (The Mississippi Press, 10/17/06) The findings released by First Chemical bolster arguments against the company releasing more PFOA into the environment here. Even before releasing up to two pounds a year into the wastewater stream here, PFOA seems to be pervasive in the environment. The chemical does not break down over time, which means additional releases only add to the amount in the environment and our bodies.... First Chemical and DuPont cannot honestly declare the chemical safe.
DUPONT'S GULF COAST PFOA INVESTIGATION FLAWED AND MISLEADING
BUT STILL SHOWS PLANT LEAKED TO CONTAMINATE WORKERS AND ENVIRONMENT (10/16/06) Although PFOA was found in environmental samples from various locations outside the plant, the highest concentrations were found in groundwater beneath the plant and in wastewater collected on plant property.
MDEQ official is OK with PFOA (The Mississippi Press, 10/18/06)
TRUCKING IN TROUBLE? DuPont plant processing questionable chemical (pdf). PDF includes pictures of the telomer alcohol process, map of trucking route, and a question and answer section with Pascagoula plant manager James Freeman, Steelworkers environmental consultant Rick Abraham and Environmental Working Group senior vice president Richard Wiles. (Sun Herald, 9/24/06)
Facts omitted by DuPont team (Mississippi Press, 10/4/06)
Council wants details on benzene discharge. City officials are asking more questions surrounding the discharge practices of DuPont's First Chemical plant.... (The Mississippi Press, 10/4/06)
Watch the Video of Fox Ten New's broadcast of Loud Pascagoula Protest
Read the story HERE. (9/28/06)
First Chemical, DuPont hold meetings on PFOA (Mississippi Press, 9/27/06)
Officials staying course on PFOA (AP, 9/23/06)
DuPont Starts PFOA Removal; Process started before informing the public
(The Sun Herald, 9/20/06)
First Chemical starts PFOA project, opponents outraged (Mississippi Press, 9/21/06)
PFOA concerns Pascagoula resident (Letter to the Editor, Mississippi Press, 9/21/06)
DuPont fined $65K for permit violations before/after Katrina (The Sun Herald, 9/12/06)
Small Victory for PFOA Foes (Mississippi Press, 9/7/06)
State PFOA review sought by City Council (Mississippi Press, 9/6/06)
Petitioners say No to PFOAs (WLOX-TV, 9/4/06)
Groups oppose chemical discharge (The Sun Herald, 8/13/06)
EPA admits C8 may be unsafe for humans. (The News Journal, March 9, 2006)
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