April 7th, 2009
CLF’s Dr. Lawrence to Appear in PBS’s “Poisoned Waters”
On Wednesday, Dr. Robert Lawrence, founding director of Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF), will join EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, former EPA Administer William Ruckelshaus, and HUD Deputy Secretary Ron Sims for a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
The event is being held to screen “Poisoned Waters,” a major PBS Frontline documentary on the effects of polluted runoff on the Chesapeake Bay and Puget Sound. The press conference will be webcast live beginning at 1 p.m. If you are interested in watching, here are the instructions for the webcast.
Poisoned Waters will be broadcast on PBS’ Frontline on Tuesday, April 21 from 9 to 11 p.m. ET. The trailer is available below. Dr. Lawrence was interviewed extensively by Frontline correspondent Hetrick Smith. He also will be on the Marc Steiner Show tonight!
By livablefuture.Filed under: Agriculture, Environment, Food and Farm Policy, Industrial Food Animal Production, Public Health.
