Thank you for visiting the Clean Air Athens website. We are citizens from Athens-Clarke and surrounding counties who are deeply concerned about our air quality. We are for good clean jobs, not jobs that endanger our health and our children's health .
Our short-term goals are to make two local industrial facilities clean up their acts:
- Stop CertainTeed Corporation from increasing its already-too-high toxic air emissions. No net increase.
- Make Nakanishi switch to a non-cancer-causing solvent immediately. (TCE has been phased out elsewhere because it is so toxic.) VICTORY! Read here
Our long-term goal is to see that the Precautionary Principle is adopted locally so that these kinds of things do not recur. We need to heed early warnings, shift the burden of proof to polluters when potential harm is likely, seek healthy alternatives, and include affected stakeholders in deciding what risk is acceptable.
Please join us in making ours a healthier community!
Contact us at info@cleanairathens.org
