Dear Friends:

For those who are unable to open the attatchment in the previous email, here is the News Advisory for the upcoming press conference for the School Environment Protection Act (SEPA). Please feel free to send the advisory around. We hope to see you there!! Thanks for everyone's support.

Sincerely, Kagan Owens, Progams Director

NEWS ADVISORY

PLAN TO PROTECT SCHOOLCHILDREN FROM PESTICIDES TO BE UNVEILED

Date: October 8, 1999 Contact: Richard McGrath 202-224-4859

For Release: Immediate Jay Feldman/Kagan Owens (NCAMP) 202-543-5450

Washington, D.C. - Senator Robert Torricelli will unveil a multi-faceted plan to protect schoolchildren from exposure to dangerous pesticides on Wednesday, October 13, at 10:30 a.m. in Room 608 of the Senate Dirksen Building in Washington, D.C. The proposed School Environment Protection Act, authored by Senator Torricelli and co-sponsored by Senator Patty Murray, will apply safety standards for the use of toxic pesticides in and around public schools. Joining the Senate sponsors will be an internationally-renowned expert on pediatric environmental health, parents and teachers, representatives from environmental-advocacy groups, the director of the National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, and some schoolchildren who have been sickened by pesticide poisoning.   Responding to a health threat documented by scientific studies, as well as the unknown dangers to children whose still-developing nervous and immune systems make them vulnerable to the ill effects of chemical pesticides, the plan establishes a variety of practices and protections nationally.

What: Unveiling of School Environment Protection Act

When: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 13, 1999.

Where: Room 608, Senate Dirksen Building

Who: Senator Robert Torricelli

Senator Patty Murray

Philip Landrigan, M.D. - Chairman, Community & Preventive Medicine Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y.

Vicki Rafel, Vice President for Legislation, National Parent Teacher Association, Washington, D.C.

Jay Feldman, Director, National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides, Washington, D.C.

Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth, Washington, D.C. Beyond Pesticides/National Coalition Against the Misuse of Pesticides 701 E Street, SE #200 Washington, DC 20003

ph 202-543-5450 Fax 202-543-4791 ,   ncamp@ncamp.org

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