by Ryan Schuessler @RyanSchuessler1 April 29, 2015 5:00AM ET Karen Nickel had never even heard of lupus before she was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease six years ago. Today she says she takes as many as 18 pills a day — “and that’s just to make me feel OK.” Read part one of three part [...]
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 29, 2015 For additional information, contact Teresa Mills, Center for Health, Environment and Justice at: (614)-539-1471 TWENTY-FIVE OHIO CITIZEN GROUPS PETITION U.S. EPA FOR DRASTIC REFORM OF OHIO’S FRACKING WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM 75% of Ohio’s Disposal Wells for Fracking Waste are in Low-Income Appalachian Areas That Receive “Comically Inadequate” [...]
One of the most common questions I get asked is about the health effects of toxic chemicals. Will the chemicals in the landfill harm my children? Will the emissions from the plant cause my family to get cancer? Did the chemicals off-gassing from the PVC flooring cause my son’s asthma? The questions continue every day [...]
On April 20th 2010, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded, killing eleven workers and triggering the spill of nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico. The accident wreaked massive damage on marine and coastal ecosystems, caused myriad negative health effects in cleanup workers, and gutted the Gulf Coast economy. Five [...]
A new study has revealed the possible association between BTEX compounds (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylenes) and endocrine disruption at levels way below the reference concentrations used by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). BTEX chemicals are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that are used as solvents in consumer and industrial products, as gasoline additives, and as [...]
Court Throws Out Lumber Liquidators’ Lawsuit Against Environmental Group Orders Flooring Giant to Pay Attorneys’ Fees and Costs Yesterday a California environmental advocacy group won a resounding Court judgment against flooring giant Lumber Liquidators’ claims of defamation. In a 21-page decision, a judge ruled that Lumber Liquidators’ lawsuit against Global Community Monitor (GCM) was a [...]
By Rick Hind, Greenpeace -- When he was a Senator, President Obama championed legislation to prevent chemical disasters. On the Senate floor in 2006 he warned, “these plants are stationary weapons of mass destruction spread all across the country.” As a candidate for in 2008, Obama made it an issue in his campaign platform, Change [...]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released a draft for public comment of its EJ 2020 Action Agenda (EJ 2020) Framework. This strategy document lays out its plan for continuing to address environmental justice in the context of the agency’s work. EPA is hoping to build on its EJ 2014 Action Agenda and expand that [...]
The Board of Directors of the Center for Health, Environment & Justice (CHEJ) is pleased to s, our founder and Executive Director, has accepted the opportunity to shift the focus of her work to our newly created Leadership Training Academy program. To maintain our momentum in supporting community-based environmental health and justice work, we have [...]
The natural gas extraction method known as "fracking" would be banned in Maryland until October 2017 under legislation approved Monday night by the Maryland Senate. By a 45-2 vote, senators sent the measure to the House, which has passed a version of the bill that environmental advocates believe is stronger. The House bill calls for [...]
