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Wednesday, 20 February 2008

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Paper Petitions to date: 3291
Online Petitions to date: 556
Total: 3847

Welcome

The EPA wants to consolidate upto 100,000 cubic yards of toxic waste in residential neighborhoods here in Stratford, CT.  This toxic waste includes known health hazards and cancer causing agents such as Asbestos, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), and Lead.
  • Do you know that there are over 20 toxic waste sites in Stratford?
  • Do you know the possible health impacts of exposure to this toxic waste? Visit the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ASTDR) for more information on Asbestos , Lead and PCBs.

The only way to stop this from happening is to make your voice heard!!

Here's how you can get involved

  1. Join our mailing list to receive up to date information from SaveStratford.org 
  2. Sign our petition (online or hard copy ). If you’d like to download a copy of the petition for friends, family, co-workers to  sign click here.  Anyone that lives, works or visits Stratford will be affected by this clean-up. If you are a resident of CT and live in the  surrounding communities (Milford, Trumbull, Bridgeport or Fairfield) you can sign this petition.  Contact SaveStratford and we will gladly pick up the signed petition.
  3. Call or write:
Robert Varney (Head of the EPA’s Eastern Region) (617)918-1010
Representative DeLauro (203)-562-3718
Senator Dodd (202)224-2823, and
Senator Lieberman (860)549-8463

We have letters ready for you to insert your name and send!  It can't get easier than that. Check the Take Action link in the main menu (on the right)!! Click here for a full list of addresses

 
Unified Stratford wants Raymark waste out
Wednesday, 17 March 2010

Stratford Star by John Kovach
Thursday, 11 March 2010 

Stratford is finally showing a unified front to the federal government.

The Town Council unanimously demanded Monday that state and federal authorities craft a fully funded plan that removes most, if not all, Raymark waste from Stratford.

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Law stops toxic dumps in neighborhoods
Tuesday, 08 July 2008

CT Post - RICHARD WEIZEL

STRATFORD — Gov. M. Jodi Rell came to one of the nation's largest Superfund sites Monday to sign into law a bill that could derail the federal Environmental Protection Agency's plans to dig up hazardous waste around town and create dumpsites in residential neighborhoods.

The bill, co-sponsored by state Sen. Dan Debicella, R-Shelton, and Rep. John Harkins, R-Stratford, was prompted by a groundswell of protest last year from hundreds of local residents in a grassroots group that became known as "SaveStratford."

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