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Action Alert: Sign on to the 2/2/10 Letter to the Berkeley Public Health Division from Berkeley parents and citizens.

Parents, residents, teachers, students and community organizers are signing a letter being sent to the Public Health Division of the city Dept. of Health Services appealing for proper assessment and analysis of the continued risk and epidemiological impact from emissions from on eof the largest steel plants in the nation located in West Berkeley.
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Action Alert: Attend the BAAQMD meeting on Wednesday June 3rd and urge the air district to adopt the more stringent regulations that would protect children and neighbors of PSC

6/3 9:45 AM - 11:00 AM

 
 
Board of Directors Regular Board Meeting
7th Floor Board Room
939 Ellis Street
San Francisco, CA 94109

 
 
 
The directors of the Healthy Air Coalition along with other parents and citizens will attend this next  Air District Board Meeting to emphasize the immediate need for adjustment of risk thresholds to be at least as health protective [...]

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Action Alert: Submit a Comment on Berkeley’s Climate Action Plan By May 26th!

The city of Berkeley’s mayor, Tom Bates, and the city council need to hear from concerned parents and citizens that the proposed Climate Action Plan is not complete until the issue of air quality and the dangerous particulate matter that Pacific Steel Casting emits is addressed and mitigated!!
Email comments go to:  tburroughs@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Written comments go to: [...]

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Sign the Petition

A petition seeking immediate air monitoring and testing in comprehensive NW and SW Berkeley areas near schools has been created. Please sign it at local meetings (posted on Berkeley Parents Network) or at

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/testberkeleyair/

Sponsored by: Mothers and Others for Measuring Metals in the Air (MOMMA)
testberkeleyair@gmail.com
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We are Mothers and Others for Measuring Metals in the Air.  This is a community maintained set of links, documents, and discussion regarding Berkeley’s air quality, in particular the effects of Pacific Steel Casting.

MOMMA site and content are newly posted and many further resources will be uploaded in the coming weeks.  Please check back soon for more information on the science, health facts, regulatory hierarchy and easy action items for you to help make a difference!

If you are interested  in becoming a contributor, send a request to the admins at testberkeleyair@gmail.com

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