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HealthLink is a Massachusetts North Shore citizens group working to protect public health by eliminating toxins in the environment through research, education and community action. Learn more
HealthLink & Salem Harbor Power Plant in the News
3/20/09 Salem Power Plant #3 Polluter Read more
3/2/09 Fighting power: dozens brave cold to protest Salem Power Plant Read more
2/27/09 HealthLink to demonstrate Power Plant March 1 Read more
1/23/09 Feds, power plant settle suit Read more
12/12/08 Pipe rupture spills oil into the harbor Read more
12/11/08 HealthLink will send neighbors to Smoke School Read more
11/12/08 Workers taken to hospital after chemical spill Read more
11/7/08 Startling sound was power plant letting off steam Read more
11/6/08 Environmental groups lobby to close power plant Read more
10/30/08 Stop the Plant rally held Read more
9/6/08 State report details lapses in power plant operation Read more
MA Department of Public Safety Incident Report of the boiler explosion at the Salem Harbor Station. Click here to read the Report and see the photos. Contact HealthLink for a hard copy.
8/1/08 Anatomy of a Disaster: State condemns lack of inspection at Salem power plant Read more.
8/1/08 Agency to seek disiplinary action for power plant explosion Read more
7/29/08 Connect the dots: Salem after the power plant, by Pat Gozemba & Marjorie Kelly Read more
7/25/08 Power plant to run 'for years to come'
7/23/08 Dominion to announce clean up plans for power plant - Rep Keenan: Dominion has no intention of closing plant Read more
7/21/08 Power plant foes step up oppostion Read the article
Power plant issues come to a crossroads Read more
Plant Explodes Nov 2007
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Dominion Fined by OSHA-Read full report
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Plant Reopens Partially, exploded boiler still down as of 5/27/08 Read more
2/22/08 Salem Power Plant among top polluters Read more
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PLANT WATCH RAPID RESPONSE TEAM Photos
Salem Harbor Generating Station 4/20/09
Click here for SLIDE SHOW
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A Major HealthLink Initiative... in addition to cleaning up the Salem Harbor Power Station, HealthLink is...
Working with Communities to Support Clean Renewable Energy!
Reduce Your Consumption of Fossil Fuels. Click on links below.
Essex County Renewable Energy E-bulletin board!
Read about successful GREEN projects in Essex County and tell us WHAT YOUR TOWN IS DOING... Click here.
Public Awareness through bill boards and subway campaign
Send your tax deductible donation to: HealthLink, Box 301, Swampscott, MA 01907.
We'll send you our original
I'D RATHER BE BREATHING
bumpersticker!
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What Kids and Other People Can Do Towards Creating a Sustainable World!
Click here for HealthLink's brochure
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Links and affiliations
Salem Alliance For the Environment
Conservation Law Foundation
Stop the Plant Now
Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
Health Care Without Harm
Know Breast Cancer
Sierra Club
Green Peace
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Enviromental Protection Agency Clear Skies
Beverly Sustainability Project
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Hot Topics
BIOMASS INCINERATION
Biomass incineration= combusion=pollution
Biomass=wood waste, animal waste, municipal waste, tires, construction waste, sewage sludge, medical waste, etc.
Biomass incineration is the most polluting and energy-wasting way to manage these materials.
Taking a position on the Salem Power Plant. Is Biomass in the picture?
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Inspection Report and photos following explosion at SHGS
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HealthLink's
NORTH SHORE AIR REPORT:
Toxic emissions INVENTORY, health effects, reduction priorities. Click here for report.
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STAND TOGETHER FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE!
by Marilyn Humphries
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WHAT'S UP WITH YOUR CLEAN UP, DOMINION?
Call DEP to report all unusual incidences you see, hear or smell at the Salem power plant
1-888-VIOLATE.
Sign the petition demanding Dominion meet obligations to the community and tell us the fate of the plant now! Read the petition and sign
Emissions from the Salem Harbor Station contribute to premature death, heart attacks, respiratory illness, asthma and emergency room visits. Harvard School of Public Health Study
The Salem Harbor Station ranked in the top five of polluting facilities in Massachusetts, with 369,065 pounds of toxics releases (2006) and has directly contributed to Essex County's high level of mercury and poor air quality. Hubbard Brook Foundation
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I'D RATHER BE REATHING!
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GOT SOOT?
DVD's available!
Dominion Over All
A panel discussion on Salem Power Plant economics and coal mining in Appalachia
Award winning documentary on corporate privatization of water resources. DVD available for group showings
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SAFER ALTERNATIVES
Ban Bisphenol A in children's products. Ask the Governor to take action. Click here
Safer Personal Care Products -
Did you know...the average person subjects themselves to over 125 untested chemicals each day. Learn about safer choices. Click here
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
Video: Renewable messages on the Blue Line promote clean renewable energy. Click to view
"CLEAN COAL" ...
is still an oxymoron Read more
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