Wilma Subra to speak on AIR QUALITY - Health Impacts To You and Your Children

Wilma Subra will speak at the NCTCA meeting Thursday, June 3rd.

AIR QUALITY: The Health Impacts to You and Our Children
When: Thursday, June 3, 2010
Where: HOTEL TRINITY INN SUITES
2000 Beach Street and IH30
Fort Worth, Texas 76103
Networking @ 6:30 pm
Meeting @ 7:00 pm

Wilma Subra has been a board member of EARTHWORK’s Oil and Gas Accountability Project since 2005 and she is a member of the Texas OGAP Steering Committee. Wilma has traveled to the Barnett Shale area several times assisting Texas OGAP and community’s effected by Barnett Shale drilling. Mrs. Subra holds degrees in Microbiology and Chemistry from the University of Southwestern Louisiana. She received the MacArthur Fellowship “Genius” Award from the MacArthur Foundation for helping ordinary citizens understand, cope with and combat environmental issues in their communities. She also was one of three finalists in the Environmental Category of the 2004 Volvo for Life Award.

Wilma Subra profiled on CNN

June 2nd and 3rd CNN will try to answer the question: Is enough being done to protect us from chemicals that could harm us? Toxic America is a two-part investigative report with Dr. Sanjay Gupta. It airs at 8:00 PM ET on June 2nd and 3rd.

Environmental warrior takes on industry
By David S. Martin, Senior Medical Producer

New Iberia, Louisiana (CNN) — Chemist Wilma Subra was working at her desk by a picture window one cool June evening in 2006 when the passenger in a passing car fired a single shot in her direction. The bullet lodged in a brick a few feet from where she was sitting.

She moved her desk away from the window and kept on working. Read the entire profile HERE

About Sharon Wilson

Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.