Residents address health concerns, truck tracking of coal ash and local elected official’s response to the TVA coal ash disaster

Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network (TCASN) members living near TVA’s coal ash disaster will address some of their community’s concerns during a citizen’s press conference. The citizen’s press conference will occur at Roane State College outside of the student lounge at 5:30PM on March 5, 2009. This press conference will precede the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation and Tennessee Department of Health’s public meeting.

Members of TCASN will speak to the media about their heavy metal screening results and doctor’s evacuation notices prior to submitting copies to the Tennessee Department of Health representatives.
The coal ash is a byproduct left over after TVA burns their coal and it contains mercury and dangerous heavy metals like lead and arsenic, among many other toxic and radioactive contaminates. Materials found naturally in coal are concentrated in the ash and exist at more toxic levels.

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Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network is a community group that formed after TVA’s coal ash disaster. This group works to educate, assist, and empower communities concerning the impact of coal waste on their health and environment.

Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Meeting

This meeting is for ANY concerned citizen or anyone impacted by the TVA disaster!

Bring your neighbors, tell your friends.

Tuesday, March 3rd @ 6:00pm

Penny's House

304 Westshore Drive

Harriman

865-548-7984

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By JILL MCNEAL
6 News Anchor/Reporter

HARRIMAN (WATE) -- Is the winter wind stirring up ash at the TVA spill site in Roane County? The non-profit environmental group United Mountain Defense, who has been on the scene since the beginning, says yes and they say they have the video to prove it.

"Obviously the coal fly ash is drying out and it's getting kicked up into the wind," says volunteer staff member Matt Landon.

TVA Spokesman Gil Francis tells us he heard rumors about this, so TVA crews onsite went to check it out and didn't see anything. He adds that everything at the site is frozen and so what the environmental workers saw must have been fog.

On January 29, 2009 Roane County community members organized the
Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network (TCASN).
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Tennesee Coal Ash Survivors Network volunteer, Diana Anderson received training and certification in Claymont, Deleware this past weekend to bring the Bucket Brigade air monitors to TN using the Mini- Volume particulate sampler made by Air Metrics, an air monitor also used by the EPA. TCASN plans to begin independent air monitoring around the TVA coal ash disaster site upon her return to TN. The Bucket Brigade was created by a non profit organization called Global Community Monitor. Check out (link...)

Contact at tennesseecoalashsurvivorsnetwork@gmail.com or tncasn@gmail.com

The next volunteer meeting will be held on Feb 10, 2009