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MAKING CONTACT - a weekly international radio program

Breathing Room: Toxic Emissions and Community Responses

October 4, 2000

Toxic waste and emissions from heavy industry are polluting low-income communities in countries around the world. On this program we take a look at pollution from medical waste disposal and refinery operations, and what communities are doing to expose toxic polluters.

Featuring:

Percy Hollis and Marjie Richard, Concerned Citizens of Norco; Bobby Peek, Groundwork; Denny Larson, Communities for a Better Enviroment; Michael Green, Center for Environmental Health; Doris Bradshaw, Defense Depot Memphis Tennessee Concerned Citizens Committee (DDMT-CCC); Karleen Lloyd, People United for a Better Oakland; Health Care Without Harm.

For more information:

Concerned Citizens of Norco
28 Washington Street
Norco, Louisiana 70079
504-764-8165

Groundwork
P.O. Box 2375
Pietermianzburg 3200
South Africa
+27-33-342-5662; fax: +27-33-342-5665; groundwork@sn.apc.org

Communities for a Better Enviroment
1611 Telegraph Avenue, Suite 450
Oakland, California 94612
510-302-0430; fax: 510-302-0437
www.igc.org/cbesf

Center for Environmental Health
528 61st Street, Suite A
Oakland, California 94609
510-594-9864; fax: 510-594-9863; ceh@cehca.org
www.cehca.org

Defense Depot Memphis Tennessee Concerned Citizens Committee (DDMT-CCC)
1458 E. Mallory
Memphis, Tennessee 38106

People United for a Better Oakland
1920 Park Boulevard
Oakland, California 94606
510-452-2010; info@peopleunited.org
www.peopleunited.org

Health Care Without Harm
P.O. Box 6806
Falls Church, Virginia 22040
703-237-2249; fax: 703-237-8389; noharm@iatp.org
www.noharm.org