‘Toxicity of Plastics’ presentation rescheduled for March 5

Press Release, Green Orleans

ALBION – The “Toxicity of Plastics” presentation sponsored by Green Orleans has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hoag.

Dr. Jane van Dis, MD (University of Rochester) had originally planned to present this topic at the Hoag on November 7, 2024 but was unable to appear due to a last minute emergency.

In Dr. Van Dis’s absence, Green Orleans decided to make the best of the situation and invited people to stay. They then “opened the floor up” to discussions on many sustainability/environmental topics. About 20-25 people stayed on.

Among these topics discussed were: the STAMP Project in northwestern Genesee County and its effects on the Oak Orchard River and the Tonawanda Seneca Nation; a bill that has been introduced in the NY State Legislature to expand the existing NY State “Bottle

 Bill”; and a description of a store in Fairport (“Cloth-N-Mortar”) that refills its customers’ glass containers with such products as shampoo, all-purpose cleaner and liquid hand soap – at very reasonable prices. Although we recognize that Fairport is not

 just “around the corner,” the store’s concept is good and the hope is that it can be replicated somewhere here in Orleans County.

Anyone interested in becoming part of the Green Orleans organization, or, in just helping out occasionally on projects, should call Sr. Dolores O’Dowd at (585) 589-1405. The group meets at the Hoag Library the third Thursday of each month at 11:30 a.m.