Press Release

25 Environmental Groups Ask Harvard President Not to Allow Poisoning of the Medical School Quad Lawn
 
In a letter dated May 3, 2000 addressed to Harvard University's President Neil L. Rudenstine, 25 organizations asked Harvard to cease and desist poisoning the Harvard Medical School quad lawn. They further asked that an event addressing the documented hazards of land application of sewage sludge also be sponsored with the same amount of resources and publicity that Harvard used to promote the land application of sewage sludge.

On May 3rd, 2000, the Harvard Medical School will co-sponsor an event with representatives from the sewage sludge disposal industry to promote the land application of sewage sludge in spite of the fact that the US 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that there is no scientific consensus that sewage sludge is safe. Notwithstanding this Federal Court ruling, Harvard University and the Harvard Medical School are planning a "live application" of sewage sludge to the Harvard Medical School's quad lawn.

For more information contact:

Laura Orlando
The ReSource Institute for Low Entropy Systems
179 Boylston Street, 4th Fl, Boston, MA 02130
Email: orlando@riles.org
Telephone:  617 524 7258

Charlotte Hartman
The National Sludge Alliance
PO Box 130, Copake, NY
Email: chartmannsa@taconic.net
Telephone:  518 329 2120

Additional contact person:

Caroline Snyder
President, Citizens for a Future New Hampshire
Sandwich, NH
603 284-6998

Return to the letter to Harvard President Neil Rudenstine

ReSource
179 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02130 USA
info@riles.org
Last updated: 18-May-2000
Document URL: http://www.riles.org/HarvardPR.htm