Protestors on Staircase inside the Capitol
Rotunda.
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Scott Blanchard; "CROPS"![]()
Sandy Smith, the Chairperson "sitting on a giant toilet thrown!"
of the Sludge Team for the Pennsylvania Environmental Network
( www.penweb.org )
The reprint of the poster is by kind permission of
John Stauber and Sheldon Rampton from their book,
TOXIC SLUDGE IS GOOD FOR YOU--Lies,
Damn Lies and the Public Relations Industry.![]()
Tom Linzey; CELDFVarious news media and politicians listen to a speaker (with his back to this camera).
Among the speakers were Senator Richard Kasunic, and Representatives Robert Belfonti, Jr., and Camille George. Some of the Environmental Groups represented were:* Coalition of Residents Organized for Political Self-expression (CROPS)
* The Dauphin County Green Party
* Mahanoy Creek Watershed association
* People Against Toxic Sludge
* The Cirizens Environmental Watch Group
* Army for a Clean Environment
* Berks Citizens Against Toxic Sludge
* Pensylvania Environmental Network
* Community Environmental Defense Fund
* Organization United for the Environment
* Juniata County Concerned Taxpayers Organization
* Juniata Taxpayers.com
And a family who lost a son to the "Silent Killer"
; Toxic Sludge
The Russell Pennock family from Berks County, Pennsylvania
lost their 17 year old Son Daniel in 1995, to a massive
bacterial infection,
after he walked through a nearby field covered with
sludge.