"The War on the War on Cancer"
"Trump’s Gutting of Toxics Regulations Will Mean Higher Profits for Polluters and Higher Cancer Rates for the American People".
Source: The Intercept, 01/14/2020
Environmental Justice
Critics Warn Trump's NEPA Rollback Could Hit Minorities, Poor Hardest
"President Trump's proposed overhaul of a bedrock environmental law aims to streamline project reviews, but those changes are likely to hit minority communities and those with high poverty rates the hardest, experts warn."
Source: The Hill, 01/13/2020
Clear Warnings Needed: "Hair Dye Cancer Risk Stokes Fear In Black Women"
"Priscilla Graves is a hairstylist with 15 years’ experience straightening and coloring black women’s hair. She has endured bouts of dizziness, nausea and difficulty breathing from applying potent chemical straighteners, and regularly deals with distraught clients suffering alopecia and painful blisters after using dyes and lotions specifically marketed to African Americans."
Source: Guardian, 01/10/2020
Trump Water Rollback Leaves New Mexico Fearing Pollution, Health Risks
"TAOS, N.M. — Twice a day, every day, Vicente Fernandez walks along the banks of the Rio Fernando, inspecting the river that has shaped his valley’s fortunes for generations."
Source: LA Times, 01/10/2020
"Oil And Gas: Environmental Justice Concerns Halt Major Pipeline Permit"
"Federal judges have vacated a permit for constructing an Atlantic Coast pipeline compressor station, dealing another setback to the embattled natural gas project. The move is an environmental justice win for local opponents of the project."
Source: Greenwire, 01/08/2020
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