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This webinar will discuss air pollution research on trees, crops, and ecosystems, with a focus on ground-level ozone from the last several decades to the present. How this research can […]
Next Tuesday, March 21st, the ACHD will be hosting a community meeting and public hearing on the draft air permit for the proposed Hyperion Champion compressor station. We are hoping […]
This panel discussion will delve into: How PFAS get into our water, including risks from shale gas development Testing for PFAS Remediating contamination on a community wide scale Exploring policy […]
Residents reported noise, fire, and an explosion coming from this scrap metal operation.
Braddock residents reported seeing a reddish plume coming from the U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Plant in their community.
U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2019, flames and an explosion was captured at the Clairton plant.
Valley Clean Air Now (VCAN), Women for a Healthy Environment, New Voices for Reproductive Justice
I was called to do this work in late 2019. I was hired as a Community Health Worker with Women for a Healthy Environment to focus on Asthma and Air Quality. It wasn’t until I began this work that I became more aware of the impacts of environmental exposure on the health and well-being of the communities I serve. Even in my own experience, it took me working from home to start really noticing the impacts it had on my household. Besides being someone who always wanted to see people and communities thriving spiritually, mentally and physically, I believe I was called to do this work where I can be a catalyst.
Data following the recent flaring event at Shell indicates that there were dangerously high levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted on March 14th-15th. These VOC emissions are an unacceptable threat to public health.
Local activist groups are calling for a temporary halt in operations in response to this and the many other recent emissions, flaring, and malfunction events at the plant, which has only been in operation for just over 4 months.
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The East Palestine train derailment illustrated not just the dangers of the petrochemical industry, but also how corporations like Norfolk Southern can offload health and environmental damages onto communities with little consequence, moving on quickly in the name of profit.
As Breathe Project’s Executive Director Matt Mehalik stated in an interview with the Washington Post on 2/6, “it is time to put an end to the health, safety, and economic risks to people in this region by shifting priorities away from building out this hazardous infrastructure to a healthier and more prosperous one.”
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Breathe Project is hiring! We are seeking a full-time, experienced and creative full-time program manager or program director
(depending on experience) with campaign organizing, advocacy and communications skills.
Read the full position description and instructions to apply by clicking the link in our bio or visiting bit.ly/breathejob. Please share within your network!
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As we continue to gain understanding about the impact of the East Palestine train derailment on the local community and environment, we would like to highlight some demands from the residents themselves.
They demand that Norfolk Southern must be held accountable for the damage that has been done. People > polluters!
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Listen to Clairton resident Melanie Meade’s story about the painful reality of living in a region with toxic air.
Industrial pollution is a public health crisis, and comprehensive action to reduce pollution, increase air quality standards, and support frontline communities is necessary NOW. Click the link in our bio to learn how YOU can tell the EPA to tighten their standards on PM2.5 pollution to protect public health.
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BREAKING: New data shows soil in East Palestine – scene of a recent train crash and chemical spill – contains dioxin levels HUNDREDS of times greater than the exposure threshold above which EPA
scientists in 2010 found poses cancer risks.
Levels of carcinogenic chemical near Ohio derailment site far above safe limit
EPA scientists assessed dioxin cancer risks in 2010, but the federal cleanup threshold is still far below those recommendations
www.theguardian.com
Newly data shows soil in East Palestine – scene of a recent train crash and chemical spill – contains dioxin levels hundreds of times greater than the exposure threshold above which @EPA scientists in 2010 found poses cancer risks.
Levels of carcinogenic chemical near Ohio derailment site far above safe limit
www.theguardian.com
EPA scientists assessed dioxin cancer risks in 2010, but the federal cleanup threshold is still far below those recommendations
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