VALLEY GRAPEVINE Community meeting to be held on living near a power plant

C.R.O.W.N. to host

A community meeting “Is living by a power plant bad for my health” will be held from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at The Huntingdon Place, 90 Supervisors Drive, West Newton. Topics to be covered include health impacts of power plant emissions, which areas will be most impacted, how air pollution moves around the environment and more. A meal will be provided and children are welcome.

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