Fridley Patch's interview with Sandeep Burman of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency from the floor of the health fair.
Fridley Patch spoke with Sandeep Burman of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the Commons Park Well Field and citizens' concerns at Wednesday evening's health fair.
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 ›
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 ›