Ford's Toxic Legacy in Ringwood NJ
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvN5YlfSglA&feature=related
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Members of the Ramapough tribe, who've lived on the land for generations, routinely fell ill from various poisons. Their children suffered nosebleeds any time they played outside.
Cancer rates in the area are elevated, and the Bergen Record found arsenic and lead one hundred times above safe levels in the nearby Wanaque Watershed, which supplies water to millions.
But instead of working to clean up the area, the Environmental Protection Agency is actually considering giving the land back to Ford to use it as a toxic waste dump.
There's not much time left to protect the park -- the EPA is announcing its plan in less than two weeks.
Edison Wetlands Association started a petition on Change.org asking the EPA to keep the park public and make Ford clean up the park for the public's use.
Right now, Ford is secretly lobbying both state and federal officials to gain the right to resume toxic dumping in the park. But a national outcry can outdo them.
Please sign Edison Wetlands' petition to stop Ford from polluting before the EPA's deadline in less than two weeks:
http://www.change.org/petitions/save-ringwood-state-park-dont-let-ford-motor-com...
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squarethecircle
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And I thought we were going green with the change we need.
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JanforGore
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squarethecircle:
And to think they dumped this over thirty years ago and it's still making people sick. Yet, they disavowed responsibility, then settled. Now instead of having to prove they are not responsible, they may get to do it again.
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JanforGore
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JanforGore:
See you in DC
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http://www.hbo.com/documentaries/mann-v-ford/index.html
This was also the subject of the HBO Documentary, Mann Vs. Ford which premiered on July 18. I have been to this area. It is only 38 miles from NYC. Millions depend on the water from the Wanaque Reservoir. Ford has shown it's true colors. Thankfully, I don't own a Ford and never will. What was done here is unconscienable. What a betrayal.
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