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Truth from the Headwaters
1. “We are all down stream”
Maria Gunnoe
www.ohvec,org
www.sludgesafety.org
2. The Big Coal River
joins the Kanawha
River in St Albans
3. Water is the basis of all life and that includes your body.
Your muscles that move your body are 75% water; your
blood that transport nutrients is 82% water; your lungs
that provide your oxygen are 90% water; your brain that is
the control center of your body is 76% water; even your
bones are 25% water.
Our health is truly dependent on the quality and quantity
of the water we drink.
There are 722 references to water in the Bible. Most of
which refer to water as THE Gift of Life…
In Genesis 1: 1-31 it was water that brought life to all the
moving creature of the earth.
4.
5. Notice
these 2
peaks.
This is the
Spruce 1
permit
Blair
Headwaters of
Pigeon Roost
Holler/ Spruce 1
permit from the
Home of Charles air.
Bella. Flight courtesy of
www.southwings.org
6. Photo by Maria Gunnoe
www.ohvec.org flight
courtesy of
www.southwings.org
7. Asbury Cemetery Bailey
Cemetery
Jarrell Cemetery
Photo by Maria Gunnoe www.ohvec.org flight courtesy of www.southwings.or
10. Coal waste
running into
The Big coal
River
Coal sludge run
off
Photos courtesy of Vivian
Stockman www.sludgesafety.org
11. Photo by Maria Gunnoe www.ohvec.org
Flight courtesy of www.southwings.org
12. Slurry not stored above ground is pumped, or
"injected," into abandoned underground mines. Once
underground it can migrate into the groundwater
contaminating local well water, especially when
blasting from surface mining occurs in the area.
Several communities have had their water supply
contaminated by underground injection causing
widespread, often life-threatening illnesses.
18. Chronic exposure to the metals found in coal slurry
can damage virtually every part of the body. Health
problems caused by these metals include intestinal
lesions, neuropathy, kidney and liver failure, cancer,
high blood pressure, brittle bones, miscarriages and
birth defects among others. Studies of the effects of
coal slurry on human cell tissues have found evidence
that coal slurry causes cancerous proliferation, cell
death and damage to kidney cells.
26. Jimmy ‘s home
Spruce mine permit
Pigeon Roost Holler is
currently beautiful..
Lets keep it that way!
27. Call Senator Joe Manchin and Governor Tomblin let them know that our
“gift of life” from God is our children's “gift of life” and that we as WV
citizens insist that it be protected!
Contact Address: Governor Earl Ray Tomblin
Office of the Governor
State Capitol
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Office Telephone:
(304) 558-2000 or 1-888-438-2731
Senator Joe Manchin Charleston Office
300 Virginia Street, East
Suite 2630
Charleston, WV 25301
Phone: 304-342-5855
Toll-Free Phone: 855-275-5737 (For residents with a 304 or 681 area code)
Fax: 304-343-7144
Washington, DC
303 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington DC, 20510
Phone: 202-224-3954
Fax: 202-228-0002
28. Contact Lisa Jackson. She is the Administrator of the EPA.
Let the EPA know that the people of WV support them in
protecting our water and mountains. Let the EPA know
that we support stopping the Spruce 1 permit behind
Jimmy Weekly’s home and ending all mountaintop removal
/valley fill mining. She is taking a major hit from the
industry.
jackson.lisap@epa.gov
USEPA Headquarters
Ariel Rios Building
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N. W.
Mail Code: 1101A
Washington, DC 20460
Office Phone -202-564-4700
Join OVEC at www.ohvec.org. Sign up for action alerts and
stay informed about what you can do to help protect our
water and our children's future. Its not only our
responsibility but its our obligation.
