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STAMP enDAngers local and regional human Health
“I am very concerned about the public health effects that should be very negative should further STAMP development go forward. First of all… there will be traffic coming into and out of STAMP every one to two seconds... So I would expect far more motor vehicle accidents on the Nation. The emissions from these vehicles… are expected to worsen flare-ups of asthma, allergies, and emphysema as well as heart disease.
…Many of the Edwards Vacuum chemicals are flammable and explosive. And indeed, they've admitted that explosions have occurred in their factories and they were potentially fatal. The same could happen at the STAMP factory… The company is particularly worried… about three chemicals… which can cause respiratory irritation and cancer when inhaled, nausea, coma, intellectual, and developmental delays as well.”
-Dr. Kirk Scirto, M.D., M.P.H., Family Physician for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation
STAMP’S largest and potentially most damaging manufacturing facility will be located immediately adjacent to Tonawanda Seneca Nation territory.
…Many of the Edwards Vacuum chemicals are flammable and explosive. And indeed, they've admitted that explosions have occurred in their factories and they were potentially fatal. The same could happen at the STAMP factory… The company is particularly worried… about three chemicals… which can cause respiratory irritation and cancer when inhaled, nausea, coma, intellectual, and developmental delays as well.”
-Dr. Kirk Scirto, M.D., M.P.H., Family Physician for the Tonawanda Seneca Nation
STAMP’S largest and potentially most damaging manufacturing facility will be located immediately adjacent to Tonawanda Seneca Nation territory.
