I am a
resident of Haddon Hurst and my 5 year old daughter attended the Fallston Pre-K
school. This past summer I discovered that the
pre-school's well had been contaminated with MTBE and TAME since 2002.
Hundreds of children were subjected to this contamination because the
school wasn't required to take action or notify parents. I have been
working with Senator Hooper, Scott Gibson (Senator Hooper's aide) and Delegate
JB Jennings to draft and present proposed legislation in Annapolis that would require
all private, preschool and daycare facilities (using non-transient water
systems) to notify parents, guardians, teachers and staff if any foreign
substances are found in their water.
It
was suggested that we collect 2,000 signatures to be presented along with
this draft legislation. We have petitions posted at five locations at this time. Wawa (Rte. 152 & 165) on the
bulletin board by the ATM machine;
If anyone
is willing to help by collecting signatures, has a suggestion of another
location to post the petition, please let me know and I will forward a copy of
our petition sheet onto you.
Thank you
in advance for any assistance you can offer.
Rita Howarth