Federal Public Health Agency to Hear Community Health Concerns Related to Drinking Water at Myrtle Grove Trailer Park Plaquemine, Louisiana, March 11

Iberville County, Plaquemine, Louisiana

Wednesday, March 06, 2002

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), a federal public health agency under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has accepted an invitation from the Myrtle Grove Trailer Park Organization to hear concerns related to past contamination of the community's drinking water. The meeting, which will be open to all residents of the Myrtle Grove Trailer Park, will be held

Monday, March 11, 2002
6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

LEAN Satellite Office
58038 Fort Street
Plaquemine, LA

In August 2001, ATSDR was requested to evaluate past contamination of the Myrtle Grove Trailer Park private well system. Louisiana Environmental Action Network (LEAN) President, Ms. Albertha Hasten, other LEAN members, and the Myrtle Grove Trailer Park Organization Committee will host a tour for ATSDR staff of the trailer park from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. on March 11.

For more information, residents can contact:

Youlanda Outin, ATSDR Community Involvement Specialist, toll free, at 1-888-422-8237 or (404) 498-1748 (long-distance call), Danielle Langmann, ATSDR Public Health Assessor, at (404) 498 0452, or the LEAN Satellite Office (225) 685-0729.

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