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NEW FORM DISTRICTS

A Form District is an area with distinct boundaries and a set of regulations governing the pattern of development and redevelopment, such as building heights, setbacks/yard requirements, and lot sizes. Form districts supplement zoning districts in Louisville Metro, which regulate permitted uses and allowable density.

The Offices of Planning and Design Services and Advanced Planning and Sustainability invite you to attend an informational session on two new form districts adopted in Plan 2040 – Conservation and Urban Center Neighborhood form districts. Please join us for this virtual event:

Date: Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Time: 6 P.M.

Meeting Link (click here):

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Please email us at ldcreform@louisvilleky.gov or by phone at (502)574-6230 with any questions or comments. To learn more please visit our website at https://louisvilleky.gov/ldcreform .

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PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS PROTECTION

ACTION: Make a call to the Congressional Operator at 1-202-225-3121 to ask your congressional representative to support the Safer Beauty Bill Package now which includes bills HR5537, HR5538, HR5539 and HR5540! We all deserve access to personal care and beauty products that are free from cancer-causing and other harmful chemicals. Right now, companies can legally sell personal care products with chemicals that can cause serious harm to our health and our environment. From cancer-causing asbestos in baby powder, to hormone disrupting phthalates in body wash, to brain damaging lead in lipstick, this situation puts you at risk. We need real cosmetics safety reform. 4 bills (HR5537, HR5538, HR5539, and HR5540) which have been introduced in Congress will:

1. Ban the worst first. Ban 11 of the most toxic chemicals including mercury, formaldehyde, parabens, phthalates, phenylenediamines (hair dye chemicals), and the entire class of PFAS “forever” chemicals. All of these chemicals are already banned in California, Maryland, and the EU. Learn more

2. Defend the health of women of color and salon workers. These two vulnerable populations are among the most highly exposed to toxic chemicals because of the products marketed to them or commonly found in their workplaces. Learn more

3. Reveal fragrance and flavor ingredients. Require the disclosure of these secret, unlabeled and often toxic chemicals in our personal care products. This is already required in California. Learn more

4. Ensure supply chain transparency. So that cosmetics companies can get the information they need from their upstream suppliers to make safer products. Learn more

Please help get these important bills signed into law.

Organization Sign-on Letter for EPA's Proposed Revised Definition of "Waters of the United States"

The Honorable Michael Regan
Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20460
Mail Code 1101A

The Honorable Michael Connor
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works)
108 Army Pentagon
Washington, DC 20310-0108

RE: Environmental Justice Community Comments on U.S. EPA’s Proposed Revised Definition of “Waters of the United States” (Docket: EPA-HQ-OW-2021-0602)

Dear Administrator Regan and Assistant Secretary Connor,

Thank you for your leadership in advancing climate and environmental justice priorities and making a commitment to permanently rejecting the Trump-era rollbacks of federal clean water protections, including the prior administration’s harmful and unlawful so-called “Navigable Waters Protection Rule.” We represent the environmental justice community including Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian, and other consistently overlooked and marginalized communities from across the country. To ensure our communities have access to clean, safe water, we urge your agencies to finalize the current rule proposal and then promptly move towards adopting stronger clean water protections in a second rulemaking to define “waters of the United States.”

Clean water is a fundamental human right, but many people living in underserved and underrepresented communities face the most harm when the federal agencies fail to protect critical wetlands, streams, and other waterbodies that filter pollution and reduce flooding. In rural and other lower-wealth areas, ill-funded or antiquated water systems lack the resources and technology to adequately remove harmful pollution from drinking water supplies.

Today, the unfortunate truth is that unsafe water is more common in communities of color. For decades, industrial dumping, agricultural runoff from industrial factory farms, and the ongoing deterioration of water infrastructure have put unprecedented pressure on local water systems to meet the demands of a growing population. Yet too often, low-income and communities of color are unable to filter out contaminants from their tap water. These families deserve better.

Urban communities also face unprecedented challenges in preventing toxic, industrial chemicals like PFAS from entering public water supplies. Additionally, we urge you to protect our wetlands and headwater streams. These water sources are some of our most effective tools for ensuring access for all to clean water for bathing, swimming, and drinking, ensuring physical and mental wellbeing.

Under the Trump-era rollbacks, however, thousands of stream miles and hundreds of thousands of acres of wetlands in the United States were put at risk. As we unfortunately have learned, pollution into America’s network of waterways upstream causes trouble for everyone downstream. Nationally, the prior administration’s removal of clean water protections threatens the drinking water sources for 217 million people. A 2017 study found that over the preceding decade, at least 63 million Americans were exposed to unsafe drinking water at least once.

Your agencies should consider environmental justice first including the protections of the interests of Tribes and Indigenous peoples and foremost in determining how best to define clean water protections. As you know, Executive Order 12898 directs each federal agency “[t]o the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law” to “make achieving environmental justice part of its mission by identifying and addressing, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations[.]” EPA defines environmental justice as “the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income, with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.” In Executive Order 14008, President Biden called on his administration to “develop a strategy to address current and historic environmental injustice” and specifically called on EPA to “strengthen enforcement of environmental violations with disproportionate impact on underserved communities[.]”

The Agencies therefore must act quickly to restore robust clean water protections and defend clean water for the Nation’s most vulnerable populations. Accordingly, in their rulemaking efforts to restore and redefine federal clean water protections, we urge the agencies to:
Acknowledge the disproportionate harms the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” and weak clean water protections inflict on low-income communities, Tribes and Indigenous peoples and communities of color;
Identify and address the inequitable and disproportionate impacts of pollution and flooding on our communities;
Take meaningful actions to ensure that your agencies understand the concerns from marginalized, underserved, underrepresented, and disadvantaged communities;
Commit to restoring strong, science-based clean water protections that will protect wetlands, streams, egosystems, and other waters so critical to providing our communities clean, safe water;
Work to promptly finalize the current rule proposal and move to a subsequent rulemaking in which the agencies define “Waters of the United States” in a way that will vigorously protect the Nation’s waters and its most vulnerable communities.

Thank you for your consideration of these comments.
Sincerely,

We ACT for Environmental Justice
GreenLatinos
Indigenous Environmental Network
Southern Environmental Law Center

Tiny Wonders Wildlife Rescue

It’s official! We have started our own little volunteer wildlife rescue and are in the process of obtaining our non-profit status. Meet “Tiny Wonders Wildlife Rescue”… two friends who are permitted to accept orphaned squirrels (of all types), chipmunks, cottontail rabbits and groundhogs. If you find animals in need of help, visit our new website (still under construction) at www.TinyWondersWildlifeRescue.org or text our TWWR Helpline at 513-409-1331.

~Category I Wildlife Rehabilitators, Sarah Flohr (Lebanon, OH) and Shannon Pennington (Loveland, OH)

Amendment Allows Odor and Water Pollution from Hog Farms

Please call 1-800-372-7181 to ask ALL SENATORS to oppose HB 597 - only 2 days left. It was about dams but an amendment got added which would remove state protections for intensive hog farms which have been in place for years. This is your water - it is just re-used over and over but many things are not removed. At this late time, it is best to oppose HB 597. The Governor will no doubt need to VETO and the dams info can be submitted again in 2023 - without this harmful amendment.

https://wfpl.org/ky-bill-would-scrap-odor-and-water-pollution-rules-for-intensive-hog-farms/?utm_source=Louisville+Public+Media+-+2022&utm_campaign=da2be2176e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_08_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3e123d2345-da2be2176e-167794449&mc_cid=da2be2176e&mc_eid=3b32417f82

EPA's "Fix a Leak Week" begins today, March 14th

https://www.epa.gov/watersense/fix-leak-week lots of tips and guidance - also special area for kids to learn

Subject: EPA approves 2018/2020 303(d) list

Subject: Docket ID No. EPA -HQ- OAR -2019-0055

Meeting information at the bottom for: Feb. 15 at 5:30 P.M. at West Jefferson Community Task Force

1-10-22 A KY Open Records Request was sent from Floyds Fork Environmental Association and United Nations Association of the USA Kentucky Division when the board minutes of Lou. Water Co.'s (LWC) Board of Water Works on 2-18-2020 showed the
Communications and Marketing Report Given by Kelley Dearing Smith summarized the Communications and Marketing report for January:

"American Water Works Association (AWWA) provide us advanced notice that an environmental group would be releasing a report claiming Louisville's drinking water, along with other cities contains "potentially toxic chemicals." Staff spent considerable time and effort to proactively highlight Louisville Water's research and water quality efforts in advance of the report. A communication plan included information to employees, key stakeholders, the media and conversations with dozens of customers through social media. Based on the current available science, PFAS is not a public health concern for Louisville's drinking water."

Since I've spoken at the West Jefferson Community Task Force Meetings (2 presentations in the past few months plus comments and questions) about PFAS/Forever Chemicals, now LWC & MSD will speak Feb. 15, Tues. at 5:30 P.M. online. Note that 15 other states have set regulatory standards to mandate the parts per trillion (ppt) while the U.S. EPA is currently working to reset the amount over the lifetime of a person. The below bill will force standards to be set.

And the current House Bill in the KY General Assembly, HB338 An Act relating to PFAS, by KY Representative Nima Kulkarni would require/mandate the KY Energy and Environment Cabinet to set regulations which would then have to be followed. Nevertheless, business entities do not seem to want to protect the public's health and welfare and have lobbyists they pay who work to defeat, promote or change legislation.
This is why YOU need to be involved to listen and/or speak up and take action because cleaner water provides better health:

Please call 1 - 800 - 372-7181 KY Capitol Operator (Mon - Thurs. 7am to 9pm, Fridays 7am to 6pm) to leave a message

for ALL HOUSE MEMBERS about HB338 regarding PFAS and/or speak to your legislators. Here is the summary of the bill.

Create a new section of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define "PFAS chemicals"; require the Energy and Environment Cabinet on or before January 1, 2023, to promulgate administrative regulations establishing maximum PFAS chemical limits and monitoring requirements for drinking water provided by public and semi-public water systems and maximum PFAS chemical limits and monitoring requirements for discharges into the waters of the Commonwealth; require that maximum PFAS chemical limits be designed to protect public health and be updated; provide that nothing in the section interferes with the Energy and Environment Cabinet's responsibilities under the federal Water Pollution Control Act or the Safe Drinking Water Act.

However, The American Water Works Association (AWWA) sent an ALERT! to Utility Members, including LWC on Jan. 16th, 2020,to expect a release by Environmental Working Group (EWG) on Jan. 22, 2020. AWWA anticipates that EWG, an advocacy organization, will release a report on PFAS likely on Jan. 22 - indicating EWG has found PFAS in drinking water in dozens of U.S. cities. "... utilities should be prepared to answer questions from consumers and media arising from the report.

AWWA provided a new 16 page tool designed to help water utility professionals explain PFAS to general audiences in a simple way. Utilities can also get "Trending in an Instant: A Risk Communication Guide for Water Utilities" (Members only).

Thus, LWC began an online advocacy campaign where a wheel of PFAS sources was shown but is missing WATER (attached). Also a large glass of water: "Our drinking water is high-quality and meets all regulatory standards." Note by Teena: but none of the detection of PFAS chemicals is given to the public; "Meets all Standards" does not mean PFAS (also GenX) isn't present in our drinking water; does not mean our drinking water is free of all pesticides, herbicides (including atrazine), fungicides, antibiotics, hormones, antibiotics, prozac, etc. whereas removal of PFAS and GenX can also help remove other substances in drinking water.

Mission Statement: The Mission of the WJCCTF is to provide research and studies to validate or nullify environmental concerns and issues of residents of West Jefferson County to empower residents to make informed decisions.

Please join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. Cick the link below

Deer Tick Virus was found recently at high levels in a township park in Clearfield County. The same tick that can be infected with the bacteria that causes Lyme disease is also the tick with DTV - the black-legged tick, also known as a deer tick. DTV, or Powassan virus, doesn't always cause symptoms. But for those that have symptoms, many end up with severe neurological diseases like encephalitis or meningitis, according to the CDC. Of those with severe symptoms, half are left with long-term illness, and one in 10 die. There's no medication for the infection.

Forward Radio 106.5
Forever Chemicals; Exposure of the Massive Public Health Crisis
with Teena Halbig speaking with Single Payer Health.
Airing for one hour:
MONDAY, Dec. 20 at   2:00 P.M. - 3:00 P.M.
Tuesday,    Dec. 21 at   7:00 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.
Wed.          Dec. 22 at 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 Noon

Gov. Beshear Warns of Powerful Storm Moving Through Kentucky Tonight

Entire commonwealth at risk for severe weather

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Dec. 10, 2021) – Gov. Andy Beshear is warning Kentuckians that a powerful storm system is forecast to impact much of the commonwealth late tonight and into Saturday morning. The Friday night forecast calls for severe thunderstorms and the potential for high-level damaging winds. Tornadoes are likely in Western Kentucky and portions of Central Kentucky.

Intense downpours and high rainfall rates are likely to produce localized flooding issues. River flooding is also possible. Widespread power outages and roads blocked by debris are also possible across the state.

“Kentuckians should follow their local forecasts as this storm front moves through our state,” said Gov. Beshear. “Folks need to have plans for safely sheltering in place in the event of a tornado, and they need to be prepared in case there are disruptions to local utilities.”

Since this will be an overnight event, Kentuckians are advised to have ways to receive weather warnings during the night. Those living in vulnerable locations should consider finding lodging elsewhere. Everyone should stay away from any downed power lines.

In preparation for tonight’s storm, the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) will activate at 8 p.m. EST. Staff will monitor the storm system as it moves across the state and respond to any requests for assistance.

“The National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are forecasting a very strong weather system entering the western part of the state today at 8 p.m. CST and moving east throughout the late night into the mid-morning hours on Saturday,” said Michael Dossett, director of the Kentucky Division of Emergency Management. “This is a dangerous system with conditions that are favorable for severe thunderstorms, longer-lived tornadoes, supercells and squall lines.”

Dossett continued, “Prior to the storm event is an excellent time to engage in a family review of your safety plan and emergency supplies, in preparation for any possible impact to your community. Make every effort to monitor news and weather reports for storm updates in your area.”

This storm is arriving during Kentucky’s Winter Weather Awareness Week, which underscores the importance of reviewing emergency plans, building or resupplying emergency kits, and educating others on the hazards of winter weather: “Be Aware – Be Prepared – Have a Plan!”

Virtual Public Meeting: EPA and Army Take Action to Provide Certainty for the Definition of Waters of the United States(WOTUS)

PFAS Pollution Could Last Millennia. KY Officials Told Polluter, But Not Reaidents

The most detailed map of cancer-causing industrial air pollution in the U.S.

Be sure to zoom in to know more about PFAS (per-and poly- fluoro - alkyl substances) which President Biden pledged to help with PFAS. He is delivering since U.S. EPA Administrator Michael Regan announced Oct. 18, 2021 a PFAS Action Plan. In the years to come, this word will be known by most eveyone. Find out how dangerous and harmful these chemicals are because they cause serious illnesses and cancers! Learn more about PFAS for the sake of your children, babies, youths, the elderly and everyone - and especially COVID patients

Bayer to end residential sales of cancer-causing weedkiller glyphosate by 2023

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You are welcome to share and have a watch party – though all viewers need to sign-up to get their own passcode. Please share this link https://halttheharm.net/dark-waters

From Participant (Spotlight, Green Book), DARK WATERS tells the shocking and heroic story of an attorney (Mark Ruffalo) who risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the world’s largest corporations and to bring justice to a community dangerously exposed for decades to deadly chemicals.

Corporate environmental defense attorney Rob Bilott (Academy Award®-nominee Mark Ruffalo) has just made partner at his prestigious Cincinnati law firm in large part due to his work defending Big Chem companies.

He finds himself conflicted after he’s contacted by two West Virginia farmers who believe that the local DuPont plant is dumping toxic waste in the area landfill that is destroying their fields and killing their cattle.

Hoping to learn the truth about just what is happening, Bilott, with help from his supervising partner in the firm, Tom Terp (Academy Award®-winner Tim Robbins), files a complaint that marks the beginning of an epic 15-year fight—one that will not only test his relationship with his wife, Sarah (Academy Award®-winner Anne Hathaway) but also his reputation, his health and his livelihood.

Any questions or trouble accessing let me know. I'll be on stand by for technical support through the weekend.

Remember, to invite your friends to watch with you this weekend, send them to the sign-up page here – https://halttheharm.net/dark-waters so they can get a streaming link.

PFAS: map of KY; also Louisville's ranking on a graph

10 Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ Found in Louisville, Ky., Tap Water

A sample of residential tap water in Louisville, Ky, contained 10 different compounds in the family of toxic fluorinated chemicals known as PFAS, according to laboratory tests commissioned by the Environmental Working Group.

The sample, taken in July from a home served by the Louisville Water Company, was tested by an accredited independent laboratory for 30 different PFAS chemicals. Of the 10 PFAS detected, eight were at levels higher than the level recommended by the best independent studies and endorsed by EWG.

PFAS are widely-used chemicals linked to health risks including pancreatic, kidney and testicular cancer; liver damage; reproductive and developmental harms; and reduced effectiveness of vaccines.

The combined total for all PFAS tested in the Louisville sample was 45.2 ppt. Expert studies say that PFAS exposure in drinking water should be limited to just 1 part per trillion, or ppt.

The highest level of any single PFAS detected in the EWG sample collected in Louisville was 22 ppt of a compound known as GenX. It is a replacement chemical for PFOA, which was used to make Teflon before U.S. manufacturers phased it out of production under pressure from the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA’s research has found that GenX is nearly as toxic as the PFOA it replaced, and DuPont, its original manufacturer, has provided test results to the EPA showing that GenX caused cancer in lab animals.

10 PFAS Compounds in Tap Water Sample from Louisville, Ky.

PFAS	Level detected in Louisville sample (parts per trillion)
PFOS	2.6
PFOA	7.7
GenX	22.0
PFBA	3.4
PFBS	1.5
PFHpA	1.2
PFHxA	2.9
PFHxS	0.8
PFNA	0.6
PFPeA	2.5
Total PFAS	45.2

Source: EWG, from tap water sample taken in July 2019 and analyzed by an accredited independent laboratory

A potential source of the GenX contamination in Louisville is the Chemours Washington Works plant in Parkersburg, W. Va. The plant was operated for decades by DuPont before that company spun off its PFAS business to Chemours in 2015. Parkersburg is upstream from several Kentucky communities, including Louisville, Paducah and Covington.

The new PFAS detections in Louisville’s drinking water come as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is negotiating with other Congressional leaders on the final form of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2020. The NDAA is a must-pass defense bill that includes a number of important PFAS-related provisions passed by the House and Senate.

Two provisions that are still under negotiation would designate PFAS as “hazardous substances” under the federal Superfund law and as toxic pollutants under the Clean Water Act. The inclusion of these provisions in the NDAA would kickstart the clean-up process of legacy PFAS contamination sites and limit industrial discharges of PFAS waste into drinking water supplies.

In 2014, researchers found that blood serum concentrations of PFOA in young girls in Northern Kentucky were above the 95^th percentile—significantly higher than the national average, based on biomonitoring data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A 2017 study by the University of Cincinnati and CDC researchers found that blood serum concentrations of PFOA rose in Northern Kentucky residents throughout the 1990s, even as it fell in other places along the Ohio River. The researchers hypothesized that the blood serum concentrations were higher in Kentucky because it took more time for the state to adopt water treatment technologies that can filter out some kinds of PFAS.

PFAS testing mandated by the EPA under the Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Program during 2013-2015 showed two detections of PFOS —a type of PFAS formerly used to make Scotchgard — in Kentucky’s Pendleton County Water District at 50 ppt and 58.5 ppt, and two detections of PFOA at 20 ppt in Louisville.

Emergency Rental Assistance Program

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, member of our community and beyond have struggled with paying their rent. The U.S. Department of Treasury has a new tool to help renters with Emergency Rental Assistance programs through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Through the website, renters can view an index of the websites associated with our grantees’ rental assistance programs to help tenants and landlords find programs in their areas. For more information, which the Department of Treasury will update regularly, visit the Emergency Rental Assistance Program website and to find your local community in California, visit: https://housing.ca.gov/covid_rr/index.html .

People in 43 Cities Are Drinking Toxic "Forever Chemicals" In Their Drinking Water

Kentucky State Seal

OFFICE OF GOVERNOR ANDY BESHEAR

COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Crystal Staley
502-545-3714

Sebastian Kitchen
502-330-0799
502-564-2611

Gov. Beshear Provides Update on COVID-19

FRANKFORT, Ky. (March 3, 2021) – On Wednesday, Gov. Andy Beshear announced more than 731,000 Kentuckians have now had at least the first dose of one of the effective COVID-19 vaccines.

“These numbers continue a good trend that we see on declining case numbers. Even better, our positivity rate is now 4.60% as it continues to decline,” said Gov. Beshear. “But let’s remember as we work toward defeating this virus, we can’t quit. Yesterday, President Joe Biden announced he now believes there will be sufficient supply for every adult in America to get vaccinated by the end of May. That’s really good news and moves up the timeline.”

Case Information
As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 3, Gov. Beshear reported the following COVID-19 numbers:

New cases today: 1,175
New deaths today: 33
Positivity rate: 4.6%
Total deaths: 4,704
Currently hospitalized: 680
Currently in ICU: 175
Currently on ventilator: 79

Top counties with the most positive cases today are: Jefferson, Kenton, Fayette, Boone and Campbell. Each county reported at least 45 new cases.

To see a list of those reported lost to the virus today, click here.

Kentucky’s COVID-19 Vaccine Website, vaccine.ky.gov, shows Kentuckians which phase they are in specifically. Individuals can sign up for notifications so state officials can communicate with them when doses become available at new and existing sites. Vaccine.ky.gov also lists regional vaccination partners statewide, so Kentuckians can search their county or region and see how to schedule an appointment.

Kentucky’s COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline, 855-598-2246, has the same features as the website. Kentuckians can get assistance completing the vaccine eligibility questionnaire and scheduling an appointment when doses are available.

Free or reduced-cost transportation to and from vaccine appointments is offered by public transit agencies across the commonwealth. These services are already operating in over 90 counties, covering 75% of all counties across Kentucky. Kentuckians can find transportation services near them by heading to kycovid19.ky.gov for a full list of participating public transit agencies and their phone numbers, or by calling the Kentucky COVID-19 Vaccine Hotline.

More Information
To view the full daily report, incidence rate map, information on testing locations, vaccines, contact tracing, school reports and guidance, guidance for health care providers and the White House Coronavirus Task Force reports for Kentucky and more, visit kycovid19.ky.gov.

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Invitation for zoom Oct 30, Friday 1:00 to 3:00 P.M on Forever Chemicals/PFAS

Thispresentation is to LWV of Louisville Natural Resources Committee but any are welcome to join to see the presentation and put questions in CHAT.

This will count as an FFEA meeting.

Floyds Fork Environmental Association, UNA-USA KY & Teena Halbig, Clean Water Chair
invites you to a scheduled Zoom meeting

Topic: Teena Halbig's power point on
Forever Chemicals known as PFAS; A Massive Public Health Threat in Drinking Water & Wastewater

Time: Oct 30, 2020 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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United Nations Association of the United States of America Kentucky Division

Break: 20 minute YouTubes/Videos during NOON LUNCH & resume at 12:20 P.M.

NOTE: SDG #5 = Sustainable Development Goal #5 Human Trafficking, equity, empowerment & SDG #6 = Sustainable Development Goal #6 clean water and sanitation

There are 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals/Global Goals voted on by 193 countries

10:05 A.M. Aaisha Hamid: Invocation + Young Professional Trailblazer Book Project

10:40 A.M Elected Official (invited) “Battling Human Trafficking in Kentucky”

11:00 A.M. Allyson Taylor, JD, A.M. Keynote: “Kentucky Human Trafficking Law” (bio at end)

Noon – 20 minute Break for LUNCH – just keep zoom on & return at 12:20 P.M. (youtubes shown during this time)

12:20 P.M. Tom Perez, Executive Director EPIK, P.M. Keynote: “Internet/Cyber Crimes; Reducing Demand and Human Trafficking”: (bio to follow)

1:20 P.M. Satchel Walton, journalist, reporter, and author: “What’s in Louisville’s Drinking Water? Is it Time for CHANGE?”

1:50 P.M. Teena Halbig, U of L B.S. and Certificate in Medical Technology, MT(ASCP), Microbiologist, Virologist, Clinical Laboratory Scientist, U of L Researcher (retired) “ What is in YOUR Water? Forever chemicals/PFAS in Drinking Water & Health Impacts”

Pre-swim showers can be rinse showers, taken while wearing your bathing suit, or cleansing, naked showers, which afford more opportunity to clean the perianal area, a source of fecal pathogens. In fact, the experts report the average person has 0.14 g of fecal matter in the perianal area and that children may have as much as 10 g. Doing the math, a pool containing 15 unshowered adults and 30 unshowered children could contain an average of 152 g of fecal matter (about 1/3 lb.) Based on the fact that there are approximately 1,000,000,000 virus particles in 1 g of feces,² a typical community pool (about 19,000 gallons) could contain about 8,000,000 virus particles per gallon from these 45 bathers!

Fecal microorganisms can spread waterborne illnesses. One of the most problematic of these is the chlorine-resistant parasite, Cryptosporidium.

In KY, www.govoteky.org is where to go to order your application for vote by mail - must do prior to Oct. 5 and can use COVID as reason for voting by mail. Your ballot will be mailed around Oct. 28 and you must fill out and provide signatures and return in the pre-paid postage envelope right away. You can always vote in person - but please wear a mask.

UNA Advocacy Chair Jay Sjerven and Vice Chair Teena Halbig reminder that it is time to work on GOTV:

Here is a novel way to highlight voting using the creation of Karen Mulhauser's Votemeal Cookie Recipe. Feel free to send this to anyone you can to encourage voting. Some states will have vote by mail but there are deadlines to apply over the internet to request an application. Any voting information you need can be found from your Local Board of Elections or State Board of Elections. You can also ask who your representatives are in local, state and federal offices by giving your address. Attend election forums to hear candidates and ask questions.
Meanwhile, enjoy these cookies yourself - or write VOTE on them or the election date to give to friends, family, etc.!

As we lead up to the November 3, 2020 national elections, we have some work to do. We need to reflect on our values and how we want them reflected in governing policy. We need to inform ourselves about the policies of candidates up and down the ballot. We need to be registered to vote and to check to see if our registration is current. We need to make sure we share this information with family, friends, colleagues and social media. And, yes, we need to vote and get out the vote.

We are trusted sources of information for these people and we can make a difference. The most important demonstration this year will be the demonstration November 3 at the ballot box

As the centennial of women’s suffrage and the 55^th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act aimed to overcome legal barriers at all levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote, 2020 is the year to inspire every woman to vote – women of all races, ages and regions of the country.

Making those phone calls and sending the messages to people we know and who trust us is more fun if we are eating Votemeal cookies.

Advisory Group: Wednesday, February 27, 2019 from 6-8:30 Jeffersontown Firehouse

Advisory Group: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 from 6-8:30 (Jeffersontown Firehouse)

SFFV Open House: Monday, March 25, 2019 from 6-9 (Gheens Foundation Building, The Parklands; 1421 Beckley Creek Parkway)

Children of One of Our Members Have Been Working to Improve Floyds Fork Creek, Meeting With Govenment

South Floyds Fork Area Study

The South Floyds Fork Area Study is an ongoing process resulting in a visionary plan that will provide guidance for authentic, healthy, equitable, sustainable, and well-connected growth in the South Floyds Fork area. The recently completed 4,000 acre Parklands of Floyds Fork is a transcendent asset for Louisville that includes four major parks linked by a park drive, an urban trail system, and watershed. The Parklands will spur development and increase population in the area. The South Floyds Fork Area Plan will serve as a guide for future development and infrastructure investments in and around the study area.

Jefferson Animal Center, 4504 Outer Loop, Lou. 40219, 966-4104, Open 24 hrs.

Q: I just found a tick on my puppy? Help! How do I get it off safely and can I catch anything?

A: Springtime is definitely the peak time for Ticks and yes, there are several serious diseases that both you and your pet can suffer from. There are 15 species of ticks in North America but only a few that can affect you or your dog: the American Dog Tick, Lone Star Tick, Deer or Blacklegged tick and Brown Dog Tick. Ticks can transmit Lyme disease,Ehrlichiosis, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Anaplasmosis, all serious diseases of people and pets

There are several excellent preventatives for your pets such as Seresto Flea/tick collar, Frontline Plus, Brevecto and Nexguard. Walking through the woods or tall grass is a quick way to have ticks attach to your body or your pet. We recommend vaccinating your dog for Lyme disease if you do any camping, hunting or walking in the woods.

Removing a tick with blunt tweezers or disposable gloves is recommended. If you must use your fingers, shield them with a tissue or paper towel. Grasp the tick as close to the skin surface as possible, reducing the possibility of the head detaching which may increase the chances of infection. Do not twist or jerk the tick but pull straight out. Applying some medicinal alcohol can cause the tick to loosen its grip. Wash your hands after removing the tick and be sure to check all over your pet’s body for additional parasites. Check our website www.jeffersonanimalhospital.com/library for more information about ticks and tick borne diseases

Q: Both of my dogs and my cat go out in my back yard. What are some of the potential problems this Spring that I should be aware of?

A: This is a GREAT question. Garden toxins such as fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides can be a big problem. Although pesticides are much safer than 30 years ago, they often can cause vomiting and diarrhea. And fertilizers often contain iron which can be a problem. Check the ingredients list and look for antidote instructions.

Moldy foods that your pet finds outdoors can create huge problems if your pet gets into your compost bin that has decomposed dairy or meat products. Symptoms can start within 30 minutes including panting, drooling, nausea and tremors.

Mole and gopher baits are very toxic to your pet. It only takes a very small amount to cause significant and often fatal effects. They contain zinc phosphide or bromethalin and there is no antidote. The bromethalin baits are often found as a gummy worm shaped strip.

Snail and slug baits contain metaldehyde and can be pellets, powder, granules or liquid. They cause extreme tremor, seizures and fever. Treatment requires intensive care hospitalization.

Mulch can be toxic as well as cause an obstruction in the bowels. Cocoa bean mulch is the worst due to the methylzanthine (theobromine and caffeine) content.

If you change your car’s antifreeze or coolant solutions this Spring, be aware that these products are highly fatal to dogs and cats if they drain into in your driveway. Even a drop can be fatal if ingested by your pet. It’s sweet tasting and odorless and contains Ethylene Glycol. Signs can occur within 30 minutes including incoordination, seizures, coma and death. Time is critical to start any treatments so please call us as soon as you are aware of your pet’s possible ingestion. And ask your local auto and grocery story to stock non-toxic antifreeze products.

Some vegetable plants are not safe for pets. Tomato plants (not the ripe fruit) can cause gastrointestinal irritation ataxia and weakness. Rhubarb leaves can cause kidney failure in large doses. Onions and garlic can result in red blood cell destruction and anemia. Grapes and raisins can cause acute kidney failure. Wild mushrooms can cause vomiting/diarrhea and neurological symptoms in people and animals.

To be safe always call one of the Pet Poison Control Numbers: ASPCA 888-426-4435, Pet Poison Helpline 800-213-6680. If you suspect your pet may have ingested a chemical or toxin, there is a fee for contacting these services but the advice and treatment recommendations can be lifesaving for your pet.

FFEA will be providing plantings for winter food due to the lack of insects to forage on in colder weather.

Winter food sources are dogwood, hawthorn, wild grapes, sumac and hackberry seeds. Feel free to donate a tree! or provide funds for them

Also Fosteri #2 (female) holly provides lots of berries for late winter and early spring

FFEA Bluebird Project Volunteers would like to have several dogwood trees to plant. Would you want to volunteer to help plant the trees? We welcome your help!