Fridley Patch's interview with Sen. Barb Goodwin from the floor of the health fair.
Fridley Patch spoke with Sen. Barb Goodwin (DFL-50) about her role in starting the health fair and her concerns about Fridley's environment.
Patch's interview with Fridley residents and members of the Cancer Cluster Facebook group.
Fridley Patch spoke with Pam Reynolds, Jenny Petersen and other attendees of the Wednesday evening health fair.
Fridley Patch's interview with Mayor Scott Lund from the floor of the health fair.
Fridley Patch spoke with Mayor Scott Lund at the Fridley Community Center about Wednesday's Health Fair, carbon filtration and the decision not to give a table to the Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook group.
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12:14 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012
Our 21 year old daughter grew up in the cluster in Fridley. She now has Stage 3C invasive Ovarian Cancer. Of 7 tumores that were removed 2 were 17cm or each near the size of volleyballs. Besides giving her a 24-50% chance of living 5 years she is the youngest patient the doctors have ever had by 20 years with this type of cancer. We no longer live in Fridley. Thanks for Dr Tan, Dr Bailey, Erin … more ›
Talk to environmental and public health experts.
All individuals are welcome at Wednesday event at Fridley Community Center.
At Wednesday’s public health fair, Fridley residents will be able to pose questions about the city’s water testing, Superfund sites and cancer rates. Officials from a variety of organizations—including the City of Fridley, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPS) and the Virginia Piper Cancer Institute in Fridley—will be sitting at tables, answering questions. But one group that will not have an information booth is the Fridley Cancer Cluster. A member of the Facebook group, Pam Reynolds, requested a table at the fair, but she was denied by Fridley City Manager Bill Burns. “I have always thought of both the cable show and the health fair as being…
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State and city agencies can't agree on what role the Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook group will be allowed to play at next Wednesday's "health fair."
Debate is raging about whether to allow members of the Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook group to set up camp at a public "health fair" scheduled for next Wednesday in which Fridley residents will be able to pose questions about the city’s water testing, Superfund sites and cancer rates. During the fair, which will run from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Fridley Community Center Gymnasium, officials from the City of Fridley, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be available to speak one-on-one with members of the public. Officials from the Anoka County Public Health, the American Lung Association, the Mercy and Unity Hospitals Wellness Program…
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2:23 am on Friday, August 24, 2012
Test your homes. The downside is that if an exposure is found in many homes you will see a mass exodus of homeowners leaving the city and property values plummet (can they actually go any lower?). Most people will not want to pay their property tax if their property is contaminated and this would be a huge problem for the city of Fridley and other agencies... more ›
Visit with local, state and federal officials on topics such as Fridley's water and Superfund sites.
Erin Brockovich's environmental investigator, Bob Bowcock, responded point-by-point to claims made by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the Fridley town hall meeting.
Last week Minnesota and federal pollution-control officials made public a document responding point-by-point to 13 claims and criticisms made at Erin Brockovich's June 27, 2012, meeting at Fridley High School. In a new response (see PDF document above), Bob Bowcock, Brockovich's environmental investigator, responds to the claims made by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Also included is a PDF of an archived EPA web page, provided by Bowcock, in support of his claim that at one time the FMC Corp. "received the highest Hazard Ranking System (HRS) score of all sites on the National Priorities List (NPL)." The document released by government officials last week claims Bowcock had…
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2:43 am on Thursday, August 2, 2012
I am pleased to report that I will be having my property tested for a number of contaminants. If I show an exposure I will have appropriate remediation measures taken and also move away from Fridley. The EPA has access to monies to appropriate for projects like the recent testing for TCE contamination and vapor mitigation systems they installed in 41 homes in 2008 in St Louis Park with no costs … more ›
Joint MN Pollution Control Agency-U.S. Environmental Protection Agency document aims to refute 13 claims and criticisms, point by point.
Here is a new document from Minnesota and federal pollution-control officials, responding point-by-point to 13 claims and criticisms made at Erin Brockovich's June 27, 2012, meeting in Fridley. Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials attended a July 19 meeting at the Minnesota Capitol, where they distributed this document.
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1:07 am on Sunday, July 29, 2012
I will be canvassing the entire neighborhood door to door and meeting my neighbors and explaining the situation. I will find out if more people are sick. I will show up to the meeting 8/22 at the community center to meet the City of Fridley, MPCA, EPA, MDH and the other folks who will undoubtedly tell us everything is okay-OR- have a plan in place like St Louis Park where they will test … more ›
City, state and federal officials pledged to hold a "health fair" to address residents' neighborhood concerns.
About three weeks after environmental crusader Erin Brockovich came to Fridley to discuss the city’s cancer concerns, state Sen. Barb Goodwin convened a meeting at the Minnesota Capitol Thursday to hear from city, state and federal officials about Fridley’s Superfund sites, standards for cleanup and future steps to take. About 20 officials and legislative staffers joined Goodwin (DFL-50), Rep. Carolyn Laine (DFL-50A), Fridley Mayor Scott Lund, and a handful of Fridley residents, along with Jason McCarty, founder of the Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook group. Most of the discussion revisited points officials have been making since public uproar about Fridley’s cancer rates began early this year. Among those points: New Chart Of particular …
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2:12 am on Sunday, July 29, 2012
I should mention that we live at 1311 Creek Park Lane. The neighbor on one side of us is a cancer survivor. The guy next to him died of lung cancer. I told this to the gal directly across from us and she has shared with me that she had part of her colon removed/colon cancer last year. The person on the other side of us says she is sick also--quit her job as a nurse and is relocating because of … more ›
jeff loven
11:44 pm on Monday, August 27, 2012
Basically what you learn at the fair is that all of your neighbors could be cancer survivors, dead from cancer or living with cancer including your wife. Your firstborn is born with single-sided hearing and the guy who built your house died in it from cancer . This is normal. more ›