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DESCRIPTION:Grayson Neighborhood Council  Greenaction for Health and Environmental 
 Justice  For immediate release:  Media Advisory  For more information 
 contact: Rosenda Mataka, Grayson Neighborhood Council (209) 895-3352        
                                            Gabby Reynoso, community member 
 (209) 577-4205                                                   Jessica 
 Tovar & Bradley Angel, Greenaction (415) 248-5010  “Stop Dumping Waste 
 from Around the State and Other States on the West Side!”        “Stop 
 the Covanta Incinerator, Increase Recycling and Waste Reduction!”    
 Stanislaus County Residents, Community and Environmental Justice Groups to  
     Demand County Board of Supervisors Stop Importing Garbage and Wastes    
   from other counties and states to the Covanta Incinerator in Crow’s 
 Landing    What: Community Protest Against Covanta Incinerator and 
 Importation of Wastes;             and Testifying at Board of Supervisors 
 meeting  Where: City and County Government Building 1010 – 10th Street, 
 Modesto  When:  Tuesday, March 15, 2005               Protest at 6 p.m. in 
 front of building               Board of Supervisors meeting at 6:30 p.m.  
 Grayson, CA -- Residents of communities on the west side of Stanislaus 
 County and community and environmental justice groups will hold a protest 
 on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 at 6 p.m. in front of the City and County 
 Government Building to demand an end to the importation and burning of 
 wastes from other states and counties at the Covanta garbage incinerator in 
 Crow’s Landing.  At 6:30 p.m. community members will attend the 
 Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors meeting and testify about their 
 concerns.  Many residents are upset that County officials actively seek to 
 import waste from other areas to burn at the incinerator, especially since 
 the incinerator emits dioxin and other highly toxic pollutants into the 
 air.  Dioxin is the most toxic substance known to science, even at low 
 levels of exposure.  Dioxin causes cancer, birth defects, reproductive 
 illnesses and other health problems.  The Grayson Neighborhood Council 
 recently got documents from Stanislaus County officials documenting the 
 types of waste imported for incineration from other states and counties.  
 Residents were alarmed to learn that waste was being burned from Oregon, 
 Nevada and Washington and many counties across California.    Although many 
 believed the incinerator just burned garbage, it also burns drugs and other 
 contraband, firearms, used oil filters, shredded plastic, toner cartridges 
 and pharmaceuticals.  The Grayson Neighborhood Council and Greenaction want 
 the Covanta incinerator closed down, and recycling and waste prevention 
 measures greatly increased.    					    # # #	      \n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/14/60313.php
SUMMARY:Protest against Incineration in Modesto
LOCATION:Where: City and County Government Building 1010 – 10th Street, Modesto  
 When:  Tuesday, March 15, 2005               Protest at 6 p.m. in front of 
 building               Board of Supervisors meeting at 6:30 p.m
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/14/60313.php
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