A Request from Rabbi Andrea Goldstein
and the Tzedek Committee
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This past Friday evening, we heard from
Dawn Chapman of
Just Moms STL, a nonprofit organization working to raise awareness about the radioactive contamination at the West Lake Landfill.
(See the replay by visiting www.sestl.org/streaming, clicking  , and selecting the "Fri 05/13/16" service.) This situation presents a serious health risk to our entire community, particularly anyone living within a 10-mile radius of the landfill - an area that includes Maryland Heights, Creve Coeur, Olivette, Ladue and parts of Chesterfield as well as Bridgeton and St. Charles.
The most important action we can take, Dawn explained, is to contact two Congressmen who are holding up legislation in the United States House that could help get important clean-up efforts underway at the landfill. Please take a few short minutes out of your day to make two phone calls that could make a great difference in our community. Learn how below.
Remember that our tradition teaches, "If a person was able to protest against wrongdoing and did not protest, that person is considered cursed. And if a person was not strong enough to protest against wrongdoing, yet protested, then that person is considered blessed" (Leviticus Rabbah 25:1, adapted).
Shalom,
Rabbi Andrea Goldstein
and the Shaare Emeth Tzedek Committee
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WEST LAKE LANDFILL ACTION ITEM:
Advocate for the passage of H.R. 4100
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Advocate for the passage of H.R. 4100 which requires the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to undertake remediation oversight of the West Lake Landfill located in Bridgeton, Missouri. For more information about H.R. 4100, go to
www.congress.gov.
Please call these Congresspeople:
Calling is more impactful than writing,
and, as we don't live in their district, this is the only way to let our voices be heard.
- Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr.
Washington D.C. phone (202) 225-4671
- Congressman Steny Hoyer
Washington D.C. phone (202) 225-4131
Tell them:
I am asking you to move the jurisdiction of West Lake Landfill to the Army Corps of Engineers, specifically to the Army Corps of Engineers' program, FUSRAP.
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