2 Events in Pulteney

Friday., February 5th, 1 :00 – 2:00 pm
Threat of Toxic Deep Well Disposal in Pulteney
Toxic Invasion: Predatory Corporation vs. Pulteney
Presentation by Walter Hang, Toxicologist
President of Toxics Targeting
Pulteney Fire House , 8891 Brown Rd, Pulteney

Sunday, February 7th, 1 :00 – 3:00 pm
Panel discussion on deep well disposal of concentrated brine laced
with unspecified chemicals in an abandoned gas well in Pulteney
Congressman Eric Massa
Walter Hang, Toxicologist and President of Toxics Targeting
Tony Ingraffea, Professor of Civil Engineering, Cornell University
Art Hunt, Hunt Country Vineyards
Steve Coffman, Committee to Preserve the Finger Lakes
Rachel Treichler, attorney and environmentalist
Pulteney Fire House , 8891 Brown Rd, Pulteney

Chesapeake Energy is proposing to use an abandoned gas well in Pulteney for disposal of their toxic brine waste water from natural gas drilling.
The proposal is for 200,000 gallons/day of toxic brine and chemical filled waste water which is imported from PA and NY. Over a 10 year period this would be almost 750,000,000 (3/4 of a billion) gallons!!
Be aware of the potential risks of having a toxic, brine waste water disposal in Pulteney:
• Contamination of well water and Keuka Lake. Individual well water testing costs about $500. Can you afford that every year?
• Instantaneously destroying property values in Pulteney and around Keuka Lake
• Economic damage done to the wine, grape and tourism industries could be immense, as the wine industry provides $3.7 billion to the New York State economy every year.
• The Wine Trail was not designed for heavy toxic brine truck traffic
• Deep injection wells have been linked to small earthquakes

For more information, contact Jeff & Jodi Andrysick at 607-868-7889

Author of the acclaimed book Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment, Sandra Steingraber will give a free public presentation at Ithaca College on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 7:30pm in Park Hall Auditorium.

Steingraber will speak on “The Importance of Journalism and Independent Media in an Age of Ecological Crisis.” An expert on the environmental causes of cancer and reproductive problems, Steingraber is herself a cancer survivor. She’s been named a “Woman of the Year” by Ms. Magazine and “the new Rachel Carson” by the Sierra Club. A documentary film based on “Living Downstream” will be released this spring.

She is a powerful speaker with a gripping personal story and deep insights about journalism. She is a columnist for the ad-free Orion magazine.

Steingraber’s book Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood is a memoir of her pregnancy and an examination of environmental threats to fetal development. She was featured in Bill Moyer’s report, “Kids & Chemicals: Are We Poisoning Our Children?”

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.

The lecture is sponsored by the Park Center for Independent Media.  www.ithaca.edu/indy