Risk, Responsibility, and Toxins...: July 7

GOO GONE: Risk, Responsibility, and Toxins in the Landscape
Tuesday, July 7, 2009, 7–9 pm
Center for Urban Pedagogy
The Old American Can Factory (In the courtyard, weather permitting)
232 Third St at Third Ave, Gowanus, Brooklyn

CUP's office is now located in a potential SUPERFUND SITE. Superfund is a federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country. There are over 1,331 final and proposed sites on the National Priorities List, and thousands more wait for approval. Earlier this year, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed adding the Gowanus Canal to this list.

Please join CUP and Urban Omnibus for a different kind of Superfund discussion. Artist Brooke Singer, advocate Anne Rabe, and historian Sarah Vogel will discuss the history of the Superfund program, the politics of designation, and the changing legal definitions of toxins, risk, and responsibility. Local experts will also give updates on the status of the Gowanus’ designation.

Free and open to the public. Refreshments provided!
RSVP to info@anothercupdevelopment.org

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