WINDSOR, Ohio — Teresa Mills, of the Center for Health and Environmental Justice and founder of the Buckeye Environmental Network, will be speaking on health and safety issues around frack waste injection wells May 15 at 6 p.m., at the Windsor Community Center, Ashtabula County, 5340 Mayfield Road, Windsor, Ohio.

According to meeting organizers, there are at least 15 active frack waste class II injection wells in Ashtabula County. There are five class II injection wells on one single site in Windsor.

These injection wells accept liquid waste from horizontally drilled, natural gas wells using the process called hydraulic fracturing. 

Mills has been working for more than 20 years as a grassroots leader to assist communities to find their voice, analyze data, and develop a strategic plane. She began by working to shut down the Columbus Incinerator that was polluting her neighborhood.

This event is presented by Ashtabula County Water Watch, and co-sponsored by Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake Counties Farmers Union; Frack Free Geauga; Frack Free Lake County; Lake Effect chapter of the Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association; Concerned Citizens Ohio (Portage County); and NEOGAP.

This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 440-272-5174 or 440-344-2467