FROM MICHIGAN
OMG!!! I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM CONGRESSMAN STUPAK'S OFFICE FOR A TELECONFERENCE TOWN HALL MEETING. I WAS THE FIRST TO ASK A QUESTION AND I WENT FOR THE JUGULAR.
I asked what was his position on the EPA putting more regulations on Hydrogen Sulfide Or H2S. He said paraphrased that H2S was a dangerous, deadly chemical and if the EPA wanted to regulate it then they should. There were people in Manistee that were overcome by a cloud of Hydrogen Sulfide and couldn't breathe. It is a problem in Michigan. The Michigan DEQ is not doing it's job in regulating this industry and this is a health concern. - I told him who I was and I know that he knew who I was. Oh I was so excited to get word out about H2S on a national level.
OMG!!! The teleconference when on for an hour and heard mostly questions about health care but I got ours in first!
jaime
The fight of small group of people in Northern Michigan against the oil and gas industry. All we want is it done safely and know the health hazards! Ah, the dreaded pink tape. Just two women who health has been so drastically changed since 2003 fighting the big boys and educating those who want to be educated and even those who don't.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Finally Health affects Noticed
As I have been cruising the Blogs and different links that have to do with the oil and gas industry I have noticed that more notice is given to the health affects of this industry.
We have been preaching and preaching about the health affects until finally people are noticing. There are so many bad affects of this industry that people dying or being very ill just wasn't noticed. There is just SO MUCH it is overwhelming. From the pollution factor and environmental nightmares that what it actually did to some people was over looked or ignored.
Thank you for noticing and bringing it to the forefront. So many people are ill and don't know why. Here's a clue...what do you live around?. Always look what is around you and how is the water? As a friend told me if you want to know if there is Hydrogen Sulfide, for example, in the air (higher concentrations you can't smell that rotten egg smell) put a brand new copper penny on the ground where you think contamination may be. In 24 hours go back and if that penny has changed colors H2S is in the area. Such a simple thing to do, who would have thought.....
NA4DR
Jaime (Long) Chimner
Citizens Against Environmental Destruction
Northern Michigan
We have been preaching and preaching about the health affects until finally people are noticing. There are so many bad affects of this industry that people dying or being very ill just wasn't noticed. There is just SO MUCH it is overwhelming. From the pollution factor and environmental nightmares that what it actually did to some people was over looked or ignored.
Thank you for noticing and bringing it to the forefront. So many people are ill and don't know why. Here's a clue...what do you live around?. Always look what is around you and how is the water? As a friend told me if you want to know if there is Hydrogen Sulfide, for example, in the air (higher concentrations you can't smell that rotten egg smell) put a brand new copper penny on the ground where you think contamination may be. In 24 hours go back and if that penny has changed colors H2S is in the area. Such a simple thing to do, who would have thought.....
NA4DR
Jaime (Long) Chimner
Citizens Against Environmental Destruction
Northern Michigan
Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Gathering Line - a special pipeline that transports gas from the field to the main pipeline.
The Gathering Line is a round-up of oil & gas drilling news brought to you by National Alliance for Drilling Reform (NA4DR), a broad alliance of grassroots activists from states across the nation that are affected with drilling development.
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