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News related to the proposed Titan Factory 

 


Titan Plant Project:  Toxic Mercury a Conundrum  Profiles the human health risks and potential impacts of mercury and heavy metal toxicants and features local neurodevelopmental pediatrician, Dr. Karen Harum.

By Chris Mazzolini, Staff Writer, Wilmington Star News 

March 7, 2009
 

More than Money

By Dr. David L. Hill, Wilmington Pediatrician

Letter to the Editor, Wilmington Star News 

Thursday, February 26,2009

 

By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 21, 2009; Page A02
 
Cement Production at Pennsuco Plant Will Continue Despite Court Ruling
February 2, 2009
Kate McClain, Public Relations spokeperson for Titan America

 

Medley, Fla. - A spokesperson for Titan America said the company is well-prepared to maintain production at the Pennsuco cement plant, to address customer needs and to meet its commitments, despite a new Federal District Court ruling.

On January 30, 2009 the US South Florida Federal District Court issued a ruling cancelling all permits approved in 2002 for limestone mining in the Lake Belt area of Miami-Dade, with immediate effect. The ruling pertains to nine US Army Corp of Engineers (ACE) permits held by several companies, including Titan America LLC’s subsidiary, Tarmac America LLC.

 
 
Dow Jones Deutschland
 
Pediatrician wants other doctors to fight Titan plant
A report on talk by Wilmington pediatrician, Dr. Ed Horger
By Chris Mazzolini Wilmington Star News Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
 
HealthDay
Monday, January 19, 2009
 
Cement Americas Industry Forecast 2009 - The Economic Pay-off That May Never Be There 
(So why is this plant needed?)  With significant weakness predicted for the construction industry through 2010, cement consumption forecast revised farther down, with 2010 levels off 33%, or 42 million tons, against the industry's record figures in 2005.
By Chief Economist Edward Sullivan, Portland Cement Association
November 2008

 

Titan hires Outside Firm to Evaluate Mercury Risk

By Chris Mazzolini, Staff Writer, Wilmington Star News 
September 14, 2008

 

Consultancy firm cited for industry bias and nondisclosure of conflict of interest 

(See article above - this is the firm that Titan has hired to conduct its toxicology review)
By Jennifer Sass and Gina Soloman
Environ Health Perspect. 2005 February; 113(2): A87–A88.

 

Mercury Pollution from Cement Kilns Double Previous Estimates

Earthjustice report reveals mercury pollution nearly twice what EPA previously thought

July 23, 2008

 

Cementing a Toxic Legacy:  How the Environmental Protection Agency has failed to control mercury pollution from cement kilns

Earthjustice Environmental Integrity Project

July 2008

 

Scientific Uncertainty Concerning the Carcinogenic Risk of Dioxin Exposure

American Academy of Sciences

July 11, 2006

 

Environmental factors--what role in autoimmune diseases?

From InFocus Newsletter of the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association

September 2006

 

 
General Information
Florida Department of the Environment web pages on cement industry