I read the book with great interest both from a prepective of learning about a potential enviromental violation and how local and even state and federal regulators viewed this sitition. I became more enamered in how a community and some strong leadership emerged in a community to deal with forces who did not want to recognoze that the local citizenry should or could get involed. The strength of the author and others in the community became evident as I continued to read. To walk with them as these various strengths began to develop or rather manifest themselves as they deal with unfamiliar forces was thrilling and uplifting. We read all the time how individuals draw on untapped reserves of strength but seldom do we hear of entire communities doing so. Great book, exciting story and I hope to see more of Ms Varlamoff.

Kenneth L. Turner

"The Polluters - A Community Fights Back" is an exciting account of how a suburban community, led by Susan Varlamoff, the author, fought against a major, national "waste-management" company that was already in the process of dumping all kinds of garbage, including toxic waste, in its immediate neighborhood. The heartwarming outcome is that Ms. Varlamoff and the community won in the court of public opinion. You can fight City Hall, and the big-money special interests that sometimes influence it.

Although this could in fact serve as a handbook for organizing resistance to dangerous environmental incursions into our neighborhoods, it is so much more. It is a dramatic story about a brave woman and her courageous compatriots and why they came to the conclusion that they could not afford to stand idly by while their children's health was put at risk. What flows from this conclusion involves all the drama and human interest usually found in a first-rate novel. You will not see the world around you in the same way, once you have read this book.