Friday, October 31, 2008

Erin Brockovich

The celebrity environmental investigator, Erin Brockovich, is looking into an apparent anomaly of brain tumors in Cameron, Missouri. The US EPA and the Missouri Department of Natural Resources has been investigating, although in a light kind of way, and has found nothing of significance so far. Oh, well they have found a lot of heavy metals in groundwater, but they say there is so much sediment in the water that it cannot be used for drinking. The members of the community are scared, and rightfully so. There has not been nearly enough investigation done to this point to make any real determinations and that is a shame because it is the health of citizens that we should be trying to protect. Any good environmental consultant with a reasonable budget could find the "smoking gun" in a small community of 10,000 people within a few short months. The government should hire this project out to those who do such things for a living and have to work within budgets. But in the meantime we all hope and pray that the people in Cameron, Missouri remain cancer free. Cameron is about 50 miles north of Kansas City, if you want to look it up.

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  1. If any readers are unfamiliar with Erin Brockovich I would highly suggest seeing her movie. Her mission is truly selfless. Given her celebrity status at this point, I would recommend PM Environmental for any Phase I or Phase II Environmental Assessments. (http://www.pmenv.com)

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  2. Hi Richard, although we might disagree on Erin Brockavich, maybe we could help each other out with business, since your company seems to be predominately in the south and mine in the west, if we have clients that need these types of services perhaps we could make recommendations - one to the other. - Nick Patz

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