Toxic Air Emissions from Lehigh Cement Plant

Our next GreenTown monthly meeting will be held on December 6, 2012, 7-9pm at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos.

Source: Mercury News, 9/29/2012

Gary Latshaw, retired physicist and Chair of Sierra Club Loma Prieta Chapter’s Air Quality Committee shares his insights on toxic air emissions from the Lehigh Southwest Cement Permanente Plant in Cupertino. Gary has been actively involved in defining the Chapter’s position on the expansion of Lehigh Cement’s quarrying operation, pointing out the risks associated with toxic emissions such as mercury, chromium VI and water pollution.

Come to the monthly meeting to learn more about Lehigh and it’s impacts on our air and water quality.

Want more? See this September 2012 article in the San Jose Mercury News.