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PRESS RELEASE


SAY NO TO FORT ORD TOXIC BURNING!


A gathering of people who oppose the planned burnings of contaminated land
on 
the former Fort Ord is to take place on Saturday, January 20, 2001, from 10 
am until 12 noon. The event will be at the Ord Military Community Chapel on 
General Jim Moore Boulevard, on Fort Ord. This Community gathering will 
happen during the time of the Army's Community Open House. Life 2000 is 
sponsoring the event.

A growing number of community members are becoming aware of the Army's plans 
to burn close to 20,000 acres of land under the disguise of brush removal. 
The fact that under the brush lay multitudes of missiles with warheads, 
bombs, grenades and other devices created for the purpose of death has been 
presented as a minor, benign and barely mentioned detail. People in the area 
are becoming more aware of the fact that explosives burned and detonated 
release dangerous chemicals that do not completely vaporize. Dioxins, PCB's, 
furans, and heavy metals are carried as much as hundreds of miles in the 
circling winds all the time falling on the unfortunate that may be downwind. 
The result of this kind of exposure is known to cause serious illness, 
cancers, birth defects, and death. Illness or death can occur at time of 
exposure or some time later. 

This gathering is the first of many planned to raise awareness about the 
plans by the Army to burn toxic waste. It is also intended to send a clear 
message that there are a growing number of stakeholders opposed to the Toxic 
Burnings. "Don't take away any of our Birthdays is the theme for the 
gathering" said Vienna Merritt Moore, an organizer of the event. "We are 
celebrating all the extra birthdays our children and we will have without
the 
burnings". Merritt Moore went on to say "Our children are the most 
susceptible to this type of poisoning we have to stop this for them". Life 
2000 founder, Christine Bettencourt said, "Residual or left over waste has 
not been addressed by those in charge. This method of cleanup is a misnomer. 
The fires will actually be spreading the toxic waste out across the west 
coast."



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    Vienna Merritt Moore
    LIFE 2000
    (831) 384-7658 Ph.
    (831) 384-6764 Fax


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