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WEBSep 25, 2024 · Environmental Health News. Your support of EHN, a newsroom powered by Environmental Health Sciences, drives science into public discussions. When you support our work, you support impactful …
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What is environmental health? - EHN
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Environmental health impacts every one of us. We reap the benefits of clean air, clean water, and healthy soil. If our environment is unhealthy, with toxic chemicals saturating our resources and pollution …
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WEBA Pennsylvania fracking company with more than 2,000 environmental violations was selected for federal environmental justice funding. 4 min read. The most consequential …
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Environmental Injustice - EHN
WEBJun 1, 2020 · Worth your time: Environmental injustice in Pittsburgh: Poor, minority neighborhoods see higher rates of deaths from air pollution. …
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Who started "environmental justice"?
Dr. Robert Bullard of Texas Southern University is known as the "father of environmental justice." A leading activist for the movement since it eme...
What are some environmental injustices?
Air pollution: This 2018 study found that communities living below the poverty line have a 35 percent higher burden from particulate matter emissio...
How did the environmental justice movement begin?
Take a moment to learn about legislation, groups, and events that have impacted the course of the environmental justice movement. Click on photos b...
1964: Civil Rights Act
As a result of more than 10 years of energized activism of African-Americans in the South, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the Civil Ri...
1971: Hawkins v. Town of Shaw
Unequal distribution of city infrastructure led to this court case. Shaw, Mississippi, was extremely segregated, with 97 percent of Black-occupied...
September 1982: Sit-in in Warren County, NC, against a PCB landfill
A true catalyst for the founding of the Environmental Justice Movement was the non-violent sit-in protest against the proposed hazardous waste land...
1983 - 1994: Groups form, studies are published, and government takes notice
In the decade that followed the Warren Country sit-in, research and activism emerged. A few highlights:1983 U.S. General Accounting Study found evi...
1994: President Clinton signs Executive Order 12898
On the 30th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, President Bill Clinton signed "Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Popula...
2005 - present: natural disasters, protests, and continued discrimination
Since Executive Order 12898 was passed in 1994, coalitions have been formed and discussions have been held, but communities are still fighting for...
What are the impacts of environmental injustice?
Environmental injustices contribute to disparities in health status among populations of different race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status. Due t...
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One year after our “Fractured” investigation on fracking: What’s ...
WEBMar 31, 2022 · Despite our investigation providing shocking evidence that children who live near fracking operations are being exposed to harmful chemicals, little has changed in …
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Organic foods may help lower the risk of metabolic diseases like ...
WEB2 days ago · Consuming organic foods is associated with a lower risk for cardiometabolic disorders, including obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure. An organic diet also …
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About EHN.org and DailyClimate.org - EHN
WEBDonations to EHN, The Daily Climate and Environmental Health Sciences are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Our EIN is 88-0663738. EHS was incorporated in 2022. Before that, for 20 years starting in April …
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WEBHomes on North Carolina’s coast continue collapsing as erosion worsens. Consequential reporting about climate change, written and selected by journalists and scientists at Environmental Health News and the Daily …
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Coronavirus, climate change, and the environment - EHN
WEBEHN Editors. Mar 20, 2020. 7 min read. PrintPDFEmail. We all have questions about the novel coronavirus sweeping through our neighborhoods – and across the globe. Dr. …
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Bottled water threatens health and the environment, experts say
WEB5 days ago · Tom Howarth reports for Newsweek. In short: Bottled water often contains contaminants, including microplastics and chemicals like BPA, which can pose serious …
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