![]() Bunker Hill Superfund Site is a former mining and smelting complex located in Kellogg, Idaho. View of four stacks used in the smelting and refining of mined ore. Stacks were 200 feet, 202 feet, 715 feet, and 610 feet high. | ![]() |
Silver Valley People's Action Coalition/CRC, Co.
P.O. Box 362, Kellogg, ID 83837 (Click here) |
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Let us introduce ourselves. We are a nonprofit grassroots group. We have been in existence since 1986.
We work closely with churches, unions, social service agencies, elderly and low-income.
We work with local, regional and national groups with similar interests. Our primary focus has been
Housing/homelessness
Adequate health care
Economic development/jobs
Environmental justices
Some of our successes include:
working with the Environmental Protection
Agency in area lead clean-up
addressing welfare reform legislation
refocusing the expenditure of monies
from environmental studies to
clean-up of the Bunker
Hill Superfund Site
raising minimum wages
supporting legislation to remove taxes
on
donated food items to county food banks
With the assistance of Dr. John Rosen,
New York lead expert, and several physicians from the region, blueprint
plans are in place for development of a Community Lead Health Project (Clinic). The CLHP
(Community Lead Health Project) will provide diagnosis and treatment
for those who have been affected by lead and heavy metals.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR CONCERNS
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Please join us. To become a member just send us your name, address, and phone number and
include your membership dues. Your help is needed! If you have questions, call 208-784-8891.
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Regional Health and Environmental Awareness
Conference
June, 2000 (check back for more details) American Legion Hall, Kellogg, Idaho
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