I made this for a meeting at the newburgh free library. It's a powerful presentation concerning the very state of our drinking water.

1. ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE
OF NEWBURGH
HYDROLOGICAL STUDIES
SESSION
NEWBURGH FREE LIBRARY AUDITORIUM
OCTOBER 19, 2017
6PM TO 8PM

2. PRESENTED BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE OF
NEWBURGH, NY
BEATRICE AND JULIUS HARRIS
FOUNDING MEMBERS

3. MEETING AGENDA
• INTRODUCTIONS
• OUR MISSION
• SHORT VIDEO CLIP- 4 MIN, LISTEN CAREFULLY
• POWERPOINT PRESENTATION- CONTAMINATIONS:WHAT THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T
TELLING YOU
• QUESTIONS
• COMMENTS
• MOVING FORWARD: WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE CLEAN WATER FOR THE FUTURE
• ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUTURE MEETINGS

4. OUR MISSION
• AS CITIZENS, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO QUESTION OUR LOCAL, STATE, AND
FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES AS TO WHY OUR WATER SOURCES ARE
CONTAMINATED.
• AND OUR MISSION IS TO EDUCATE AND EMPOWER OUR COMMUNITY TO DEMAND
ACCOUNTABILITY AND TO ENFORCE THE FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT TO
CLEAN DRINKING WATER.
• CERTAIN COMPANIES AND FACILITIES HAVE BEEN GETTING AWAY WITH
POISONING US BECAUSE OUR OWN LOCAL GOVERNMENT FAILED TO READ THE
FINE PRINT, IF YOU CATCH MY DRIFT.
• WITH NEW KNOWLEDGE AND MOTIVATION, WE CAN AND WILL HAVE CLEAN
DRINKING WATER FOR US AND OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

5. LISTEN TO THIS SCENE FROM "ON DEADLY
GROUND

6. CONTAMINATIONS: WHAT
THE GOVERNMENT ISN'T
TELLING YOU
BY BEATRICE AND JULIUS HARRIS
ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE OF NEWBURGH, NY

7. WHY IS OUR WATER CONTAMINATED?
• THAT IS A VERY GOOD QUESTION. HAVE YOU ASKED YOUR LOCAL
REPRESENTATIVES?
• IF YOU HAVE, WHAT EXPLANATION HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU?
• HAVE YOU MADE PHONE CALLS TO THE: CDC, EPA, DOH, DOD, DEC?
• IF YOU HAVE, WHAT EXPLANATION HAVE THEY GIVEN AMIDST THESE
OCCURRENCES?
• DO YOU KNOW WHY?
• IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE TO PROTECT YOUR FAMILIES AND FUTURE
GENERATIONS, THEN STICK AROUND.

8. ALLOW ME TO EXPLAIN... STARTING WITH
THE TREATY INITIATIVE
• THE TREATY INITIATIVE TO SHARE AND PROTECT THE GLOBAL WATER COMMONS
• AND IT SAYS...
• WE PROCLAIM THESE TRUTHS TO BE UNIVERSAL AND INDIVISIBLE. THAT THE
INTRINSIC VALUE OF THE EARTH'S FRESH WATER PRECEDES ITS UTILITY AND
COMMERCIAL VALUE AND THEREFORE MUST BE RESPECTED AND SAFEGUARDED BY
ALL POLITICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
• THAT THE EARTH'S FRESH WATER BELONGS TO THE EARTH AND ALL SPECIES AND
THEREFORE MUST NOT BE TREATED AS A PRIVATE COMMODITY TO BE BOUGHT,
SOLD, AND TRADED FOR PROFIT,
• THAT THE GLOBAL FRESH WATER SUPPLY IS A SHARED LEGACY, A PUBLIC TRUST,
AND A FUNDEMENTAL HUMAN RIGHT, AND THEREFORE, A COLLECTIVE
RESPONSIBILITY,

9. CONTINUED...
• AND,
• WHEREAS, THE WORLD'S FINITE SUPPLY OF AVAILABLE FRESH WATER IS BEING
POLLUTED, DIVERTED, AND DEPLETED SO QUICKLY THAT MILLIONS OF PEOPLE AND
SPECIES ARE NOW DEPRIVED OF WATER FOR LIFE AND,
• WHEREAS GOVERNMENTS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE FAILED TO PROTECT THEIR
PRECIOUS FRESH WATER LEGACIES,
• THEREFORE, THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD DECLARE THE EARTH'S FRESH WATER
SUPPLY TO BE A GLOBAL COMMONS, TO BE PROTECTED AND NURTURED BY ALL
PEOPLES, COMMUNITIES, AND GOVERNMENTS OF ALL LEVELS AND FURTHER
DECLARED THAT FRESH WATER WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE PRIVATIZED,
COMMODIFIED, TRADED, OR EXPORTED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES

10. A LITTLE BIT MORE ^-^...
• AND MUST IMMEDIATELY BE EXEMPTED FROM ALL EXISTING AND FUTURE INTERNATIONAL
AND BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT AGREEMENTS.
• THE PARTIES TO THIS TREATY-TO INCLUDE SIGNATORY NATION-STATES AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES-FURTHER AGREE TO ADMINISTER THE EARTH'S FRESH WATER
SUPPLY AS A TRUST. THE SIGNATORIES ACKNOWLEDGE THE SOVEREIGN RIGHT AND
RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY NATION AND HOMELAND TO OVERSEE THE FRESH WATER
RESOURCES WITHIN THEIR BORDERS AND DETERMINE HOW THEY ARE MANAGED AND
SHARED. GOVERNMENTS ALL OVER THE WORLD MUST TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO
DECLARE THAT THE WATERS IN THEIR TERRITORIES ARE A PUBLIC GOOD AND ENACT
STRONG REGULATORY STRUCTURES TO PROTECT THEM. HOWEVER, IT CANNOT BE SOLD
BY ANY INSTITUTION, GOVERNMENT, INDIVIDUAL, OR CORPORATION FOR PROFIT.

11. THE TRUE DAMAGE THESE CONTAMINANTS
DO
• NOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, ALLOW US TO DIVE INTO THE ENDLESS
POOLS OF TRUTH AND DECEPTION.
• AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE WAS A STATE OF EMERGENCY ISSUED FOR THE CITY OF
NEWBURGH, THAT HAD HIGHS LEVELS OF A CONTAMINATE KNOWN AS PFOS OR
PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE FOUND IN OUR PRIMARY DRINKING WATER SOURCE,
WASHINGTON LAKE.
• AS TIME WANED, MORE PEOPLE BEGAN TO QUESTION OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AS TO
WHY OUR WATER WAS CONTAMINATED. AND AS SUCH, THE DECEPTION BEGAN. FROM
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DOH TELLING US THAT THESE CONTAMINANTS WILL
DO NO HARM TO OUR OWN LOCAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS PLAYING
INTO IT. THE NEXT PAGES WILL OPEN YOUR EYES AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
YOU AND YOU LOVED ONES COULD BE FACED WITH FOR THE FUTURE.

12. CONTAMINANTS IN OUR WATER AND WHAT
THEY DO
• CONTAMINANTS
• FLUORIDE
• BARIUM
• PFCS
• CHLORATE
• CHROMIUM(HEXAVALENT AND TOTAL)
• HALOACETIC ACIDS
• TRIHALOMETHANES
• STRONTIUM
• DICHLOROACETIC ACID
• VANADIUM, RADIUM, NITRATE, ETC.
• DIOXIN
• WHAT THEY DO TO THE HUMAN BODY
• CAUSES CANCER
• INCREASES THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
AND HYPERTENSION
• IMPAIRS THYROID FUNCTION, HARMFUL TO
PREGNANCIES
• INCREASES OXYGEN DEPRIVATION IN INFANTS
• HARMS BONE HEALTH
• TOXICITY DURING PREGNANCY AND CHILDHOOD
• CAUSES ABNORMAL LIVER AND KIDNEY FUNCTION
TESTS.
• HARM TO THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND CHANGES IN
MAMMARY GLAND DEVELOPMENT
• REDUCED IQ TEST SCORES
• AFFECT THE REPRODUCTIVE AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS

13. THE EWG'S DIRTY DOZEN ENDOCRINE
DISRUPTORS THAT ARE FOUND IN OUR
DRINKING WATER
1. DIOXIN
2. LEAD
3. ARSENIC
4. PFCS
5. PESTICIDES
6. PCBS
• THESE CHEMICALS THAT ARE FOUND
IN OUR DRINKING WATER CAUSES
ISSUES LIKE:
• PCOS
• PREECLAMPSIA
• LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN INFANTS
• METABOLISM DISRUPTION
• IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION

14. WHAT THE GRANULAR-ACTIVATED CARBON
REMOVES AND WHAT IT DOESN'T...
WHAT IT REMOVES...
• TTHMS
• CHLOROFORM
• HAAS
• 1,2,3 TRICHLOROPROPANE
• PCBS
• TCES
WHAT IT DOESN'T...
• CHROMIUM-6
• CHROMIUM TOTAL
• RADIUM 226, 228
• ARSENIC
• BARIUM
• PFCS
• FLUORIDE
• NITRATE, NITRITE
• STRONTIUM, VANADIUM, CHLORATE,
CHLORAMINE, AND TCDD

15. HOW CAN YOU
TELL IF YOUR
WATER IS
CONTAMINATED?
THERE ARE MANY WAYS YOU CAN
TELL IF YOUR WATER HAS BEEN
CONTAMINATED. AS YOU KNOW,
YOUR BODY IS THE ONE OF THE
NATURAL WAYS YOU CAN TELL IF THE
WATER YOU ARE DRINKING IS
CONTAMINATED. REMEMBER!!
UNEXPLAINED SYMPTOMS ARE A SIGN
OF TOXIC CHEMICAL EXPOSURE!

16. HOW WE WERE IN 2009....
REUNITED AT THE
RIVER...
USED TO SMILE ALL THE TIME...
GETTING TO KNOW
EACH OTHER
FEELING SAFE...
TIED THE KNOT ON
APRIL 8, 2013
ONE OF THE HAPPIEST DAYS OF MY
LIFE!

17. LOOK AT US NOW!!!

18. WE HAVE BEEN GREATLY AFFECTED BY THIS!!

19. HERE IS MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU AND
YOUR LOVED ONES...

20. NEWBURGH WATER CONTAMINATION LAWSUIT
CONTACT:
NAPOLI SCHOLNIK
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
(844)-230-7676 OR (212)-397-1000
BEFORE YOU CALL THE NUMBER ABOVE, PLEASE GET YOUR BLOOD TESTED!!
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE YOUR RESULTS AND ANY UNEXPLAINED ISSUES READY BEFORE YOU
HAVE YOUR INTAKE!
CALL THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO SIGN UP FOR PFOS BLOOD TESTING!!
TO DO THIS, CALL 1-800-801-8092 TO REQUEST A LABORATORY ORDER. FROM THERE, YOU WILL
RECEIVE A LETTER WITH YOUR ORDER NUMBER AND THE LIST OF PATIENT SERVICE CENTERS YOU CAN
CHOOSE FROM.

21. LINKS TO RESOURCES USED IN THIS
PRESENTATION...
• HTTPS://WWW.EWG.ORG/TAPWATERDATABASE
• WWW.EWG.ORG/RESEARCH/DIRTY-DOZEN-LIST-ENDOCRINE-
DISRUPTORS#.WEPF3XMPDQB
• GOOGLE SEARCH- SIGNS OF TOXIC CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
• BLUE GOLD: THE FIGHT TO STOP THE CORPORATE THEFT OF THE WORLD'S
DRINKING WATER BY MAUDE BARLOW AND TONY CLARKE
• YOUR WATER FOOTPRINT: THE SHOCKING FACTS ABOUT HOW MUCH WATER WE
USE TO MAKE EVERYDAY PRODUCTS
• WWW.LIVESTRONG.COM/TYPESOFWATERFILTRATION
• FLUORIDE ACTION NETWORK-FLUORIDE, TEETH AND THE ATOMIC BOMB

22. FIN