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These records include correspondence, news clippings, newsletters and other publications related to toxic chemicals and pollution in New York State. Lobbying and outreach records document CEC efforts to pressure the New York State Department of Health to investigate the health effects of toxic pollution and to pressure the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to clean up toxic waste and prosecute polluters.

The records in this subseries include planning documents, workshop material, government water regulation, clean water legislation, as well as meeting and conference files. These records discuss clean water activism and the Source Water Assessment Program in New York State. Most of the records originated with the Western New York Office of CEC.