Posts Tagged ‘Department of Health’

Riverkeeper Applauds Increased Funding for Land Acquisition, Flood Protection, but Identifies Key Omissions in Department of Health’s Revised Filtration Avoidance Determination

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239, [email protected] Calls on DOH to address turbid discharges to Lower Esopus Creek White Plains, NY, November 19, 2013 – In… Read More

Riverkeeper Calls on NYS Department of Health to Restore Measures to Protect the Lower Esopus That Were Improperly Deleted from a Key Approval at Request of New York City

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x 239, [email protected] Ossining, NY – August 29, 2013 – Days after the New York State Department of Health released a draft “… Read More

Riverkeeper Urges Comprehensive, Objective & Inclusive Study, in Response to State Commitment to Delay Fracking Decision until Announced DOH Health Review is Complete

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] White Plains, NY — September 21, 2012 — Riverkeeper is encouraged that the state will not make a deci… Read More

Riverkeeper Urges Comprehensive, Objective & Inclusive Study, in Response to State Commitment to Delay Fracking Decision until Announced DOH Health Review is Complete

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tina Posterli, 516-526-9371, [email protected] White Plains, NY — September 21, 2012 — Riverkeeper is encouraged that the state will not make a deci… Read More

Toxic PCBs: New Information Points to Need for Removal, Long Term Effects

Last month, the EPA issued national guidance recommending that schools take steps to reduce potential exposures to PCBs from older fluorescent lighting fixtures, as part of the agency’s ongoing effo… Read More

Tell Gov. Hochul to block invasive species at the Erie and Champlain canals
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