Media Advisory
DEP MUST ENFORCE LAW TO STOP DENTISTS FROM FLUSHING TOXIC METAL INTO OUR WATERWAYS
Connecticut law being ignored
WHO:
State Sen. Edith Prague (D-19th)
State Reps. T. R. Rowe (R-Trumbull), Richard Roy (D-Milford) and Robert Megna (D-New Haven)
Betty McLaughlin, Connecticut Audubon Society
Dr. Mark A. Mitchell, Connecticut Coalition for Environmental Justice
Charles Brown, Consumers for Dental Choice
Michael Bender, Mercury Policy Project
WHAT:
News conference to announce filing a formal request that the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection enforce the state’s “Zero Mercury Law”
WHERE:
Legislative Office Building
Room 1C
Capital Avenue
Hartford Connecticut
WHEN:
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Presentation at 11:00 AM
Presentation expected to last about 20 minutes.
(Copies of formal filing, other materials, will be available for the media.)
Media questions will follow.
WHY:
Highlights seriousness of mercury pollution in state waterways; highlights DEP ignoring enforcement responsibility; demonstrates broad bi-partisan support for enforcement of new law.
Visually demonstrate amount of mercury in a tooth filling versus the now-banned Spiderman promotional toy that had been in Kellogg’s cereal.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Michael London -- Office: 203-261-1549 Cell: 203-556-5123
