One peer-reviewed 2021 study, the only one to examine effects in the surrounding community, found elevated levels of #cancer & other maladies for people living closest to the plant.

Denka dismissed this field survey, which was prompted by concerns from a community advocacy group & led by the progressive University Network for #HumanRights, as "flawed & biased" & cited an #EPA assessment that called it "uninformative."

#Trump #EnvironmentalJustice #GeographicInequity #PublicHealth #law

Asked to comment on the findings of this story, an #EPA spox directed Reuters to a video stmnt by #Trump's new #EPA administrator, #LeeZeldin, who has outlined a strategy emphasizing #deregulation, saying the US can protect the #environment & promote economic growth at the same time [note the absence of concern for #PublicHealth & populations in #LowIncome communities].

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #SocialCleansing #HealthInequity #GeographicInequity #EnvironmentalJustice #science #law #USpol

"It's #DEI being treated like a four-letter word," said Linda Birnbaum, a retired toxicologist & fmr director of the National Institute of #Environmental #Health #Sciences who spent 19 years at the #EPA. "People who are already most impacted by high #pollution are going to be most hurt by the loosening of #regulations."

#Trump #WhiteSupremacy #SocialCleansing #Eugenics #EconomicDiscrimination #HealthInequity #GeographicInequity #EnvironmentalJustice #PublicHealth #disease #law #USpol

The #Trump admin's press release announcing the end of the lawsuit said the dismissal fulfilled Trump's Day One #ExecutiveOrder to eliminate #diversity, #equity & #inclusion, & that it aligned with the #EPA's new pledge to "end the use of '#EnvironmentalJustice' as a tool for advancing ideological priorities."
[read as opposite of what they say]

#WhiteSupremacy #SocialCleansing #Eugenics #EconomicDiscrimination #HealthInequity #GeographicInequity #PublicHealth #disease #science #law #USpol

Gerard lives along the #MississippiRiver, just a few blocks from a synthetic rubber plant that the admin of fmr President Joe #Biden sued, claiming it posed an imminent #PublicHealth hazard. Gerard, like more than 90% of people living within 1 mile (1.5 km) of the plant, is #Black.

#Trump #Musk #RFKJr #WhiteSupremacy #SocialCleansing #Eugenics #EconomicDiscrimination #HealthInequity #GeographicInequity #EnvironmentalJustice #health #disease #medicine #science #law #USpol

Because of #Brown, #school ofcls may no longer deliberately separate students by #race —but under more recent #SCOTUS orders, they aren’t allowed to deliberately mix them by race either. #Integration advocates today have stopped looking to the #federal courts for help & are pursuing #state lawsuits instead.…some #Black leaders have concluded that the answer is not integration…but more #money & #opportunity for high #poverty #schools….

#law #SystemicRacism #GeographicInequity #EconomicInequity

…The #Brown decision focused on the value of mixing children of different races. But for many #integration activists —then & now— the case is about a path to #fair & #equitable educational #resources. Those legal battles cont.
Today’s complex views about #schools & integration come amid persistent #segregation that has risen in recent decades,changes in the #legal landscape & complicated dynamics of #education & #race in #America today.

#law #SystemicRacism #GeographicInequity #EconomicInequity

In its unanimous decision in #Brown, #SCOTUS ruled segregated schools were #unconstitutional & “inherently unequal,” combining 5 cases in which #Black students & their schools had far fewer resources than their #White peers — longer commutes, lower-quality classes, overcrowding, fewer opportunities & less money. Yet 1/3 Black Americans now say integration has failed to improve the #education of Black students….

#law #Inequity #SystemicRacism #GeographicInequity #EconomicInequity

#Gentrification by #Fire

The West’s new #climate is exacerbating #HousingInequality in the quintessentially blue state of #California

#ClimateChange & its most extreme consequences are pushing up the price of homes throughout much of the American West, as #fires & #flooding carve into existing #housing stock & restrict the amount of #land suitable for future #building.

#Wildfire #GeographicInequity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/california-fires-home-prices/

California fires widen the gap between rich and poor

In California and much of the American West, the extremes of climate change are widening the gap between rich and poor.

The Washington Post

The world’s torrid future is etched in the crippled kidneys of Nepali workers

“…As the world grows hotter & #ClimateChange ushers in more frequent & extreme #heat waves, #PublicHealth experts fear #KidneyDisease cases will soar among #laborers who have no choice but to #work outdoors.

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#ClimateCrisis
#ClimateAction
#EnvironmentalRacism
#HumanRights
#GeographicInequity
#HealthInequity
#EnvironmentalInequity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/06/climate-change-heat-kidney-disease/

The world’s torrid future is etched in the crippled kidneys of Nepali workers

Kidney disease has become epidemic among Nepali migrant laborers working in the extreme heat of the Persian Gulf, presaging the world's climate change future.

The Washington Post