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HEFN is excited to be hosting its annual meeting in NOLA this week, bringing together environmental #health & #justice funders from around the U.S. working to protect every American’s right to a healthy life free of #environmental harm. #TheAirWeBreathe
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In Louisiana’s river parishes, resistance is legacy. Their fight against industrial harm today continues in the same spirit as their enslaved ancestors' uprising in 1811. Residents have always fought for liberation from a system that sacrifices people for profit. #TheAirWeBreathe
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Nonprofits including @HEFNorg, @CFAllegh, @O_R_V_I, & @BreatheProject jumped into action to help after the East Palestine train derailment, & are continuing the work needed to prevent more chemical disasters: philanthropy.com/article/eas… @Ansje @Philanthropy
This is personal for me. My house is just a stone’s throw away from a rail line carrying some of the same toxic chemicals that were spilled in Ohio. I worry every time I hear a train go by that my community may be next.
See my latest op-ed about what philanthropy should do.
Opinion: Philanthropy should provide the resources communities need to respond quickly when chemical disasters happen — and to prevent such catastrophes from occurring in the first place. @HEFNorg phlnthrp.com/3BwG7Zy
Thanks to great examples from @HeinzEndow @BloombergDotOrg @CFAllegh @NewWorldFound @11thhourproject
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Check out our Inaugural Dana Alston Environmental Justice Fellowship opportunity! If you qualify, please apply! recruiting.ultipro.com/NAT10…
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This video was shown at our recent Founder's Celebration in honor of @greenmgreen.
Huge thanks to all who helped make this heartfelt tribute: @weact4ej @EHCSanDiego @HCWithoutHarm @andrecarothers @Ansje @francescavietor @kalilabarnett @silby314 @adelsteinPaul @VinGuptaMD & more.
In 2022, our Founder @greenmgreen stepped down as CEO after 26 years of transformational leadership.
Michael's audacious legacy has benefited the health of millions of people by eliminating exposures to toxic chemicals in their lives.
#ThankYouMichael 💚 youtube.com/watch?v=GBeA7t06…
Sea otters are my soft spot💚🦦💚.
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A great day for #EnvironmentalJustice. @POTUS signed an executive order to A new executive order to strengthen reviews & community involvement in projects impacting communities. So many en EJ leaders that have been for many years in the frontlines were there to support!
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"it's my hope that as consumers become more aware of the chemicals that are present in the products that they use every day, that they use their voice to let businesses know that it's not something that they want."
The lawsuit says Thinx underwear, long marketed as safe and sustainable, contains harmful chemical substances known as PFAS. The company denies those allegations but will pay up to $5 million.
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The lawsuit says Thinx underwear, long marketed as safe and sustainable, contains harmful chemical substances known as PFAS. The company denies those allegations but will pay up to $5 million.
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Toxic substances like #mercury, #asbestos, & #PFAS are used to produce vinyl (PVC) flooring.
Vinyl production exposes workers.
It jeopardizes the health of #frontline and #fenceline communities.
It harms the environment and it harms people.
This is unacceptable.
"This is #LuxuryVinylTile. Some of these look a lot like wood. They're not wood. They're actually just plastic."
👀 WATCH: Our Science Director breaks down the true environmental health and climate costs of #VinylFlooring.
Full video from @theintercept: youtube.com/watch?v=6zjd3Y7I…
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We partnered with @CenterEnvHealth and formed a coalition of NC environmental and justice groups working to secure large scale, comprehensive human epidemiological and toxicity studies on 54 Chemours specific PFAS. 19/
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“We don’t want to sue the EPA, but we raised our children on this water and deserve access to the information these health studies would provide.”
@edonovan01 @CleanCapeFear #PFAS ceh.org/latest/press-release…
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Earthjustice is looking for a junior attorney who will frustrate the wild dreams of the fossil fuel industry, one brief at a time. Happy to talk to folks who want to know why this is the best place to work. earthjustice.org/about/jobs/…
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I am speaking at Bladder Cancer Think Tank 2022 about chemical exposures. Please check out my talk if you're attending the event! #BCANTT2022 #thinktank #bladdercancer #bladder #research -
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I began planning this study in 2019 with the idea that combining all existing US data on prenatal phthalate exposure would finally give us the sample size (>6k) needed to address the question of whether phthalate exposure is associated with preterm birth. It is. 1/
In this large observational study, urinary biomarkers of common phthalates used in consumer products were a risk factor for preterm birth. ja.ma/3nQ1heu
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“We are pleased @EPAMichaelRegan publicly & forcefully announced polluting companies will receive testing orders from @EPA. We plan to keep a close eye on if these orders include all the requests from our NC TSCA petition.”
-@edonovan01, @CleanCapeFear ceh.org/latest/press-release…
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We are pleased that @EPAMichaelRegan has unveiled @EPA's new #PFAS Strategic Roadmap.
It's also past time to follow with action.
We & @CleanCapeFear @CapeFearRiver @DemocracyGreen @NCBlackAlliance @ToxicFreeNC wait for @EPA to hold Chemours accountable.
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