1. Call PCAC and document your story.
2. Tell your doctor and express your concern.
3. Tell decision-makers your concerns:
• CWD Manager Jim Fay 864-7454
• Acting Health Commissioner Sharon Moffatt 863-7280
• ANR Secretary George Crombie 241-3600
• Your town’s CWD Commissioner*
• Your legislators State House 800-322-5616
• Governor Jim Douglas 802-828-3333
4. Help spread the word! Call Becca (862-4153) to help pass out flyers.
If you live in the CWD and believe you have water-related symptoms, PCAC recommends you take the following steps:
• Talk to you doctor or care provider(s), and be sure to tell them you think your symptoms may be related to the water. If you are using inhalers, steroid creams, or other “allergy”-type medications for the first time or more often, it may be the water causing your symptoms.
• Contact the Vermont Dept. of Health at 800-640-4374.
• Contact PCAC at 802-651-8753 or by email at vtccac@yahoo.com. We are compiling reports to look for patterns and answers.
There is no easy way to effectively filter out chloramine from household water. Some people have found that whole house filters help, but they are expensive and require maintenance.
By limiting exposure – taking shorter, cooler showers, showering elsewhere, using spring water for bathing, cooking and cleaning – almost all who suffer from symptoms see fast relief.
Contact PCAC for other suggestions on how to cut back on your contact with the water.