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DIGNITY RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: WHY IT MATTERS TO LEGACY COMMUNITIES

Explore the impact of toxic pollution on communities like Cancer Alley & challenges they face with racism. Learn why environmental justice matters and how to address it. Speaker event at Widener University, April 13, 2018.

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DIGNITY RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: WHY IT MATTERS TO LEGACY COMMUNITIES

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  1. DIGNITY RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE: WHY IT MATTERS TO LEGACY COMMUNITIES WIDENER UNIVERSITY DE LAW SCHOOL APRIL 13,2018

  2. Losing Communities to Toxic Pollution and Disasters Morrisonville, LA -Cancer Alley

  3. The Challenges

  4. RACISM

  5. We Speak for Ourselves

  6. Houston Ship Channel

  7. Legacy Community of Manchester, TX

  8. US Shale Gas Exploration

  9. Appalachia

  10. Texas Colonias Shrine to the Clean Water

  11. Norco, LACancer Alley

  12. Albuquerque, NM

  13. Threats of Chemical Disasters

  14. MOST RECENT THREATS TO COMMUNITIES IN THE FACE OF DENIAL AND DEREGULATION • CHARLOTTSVILLE, VA • TROPICAL STORM HARVEY • HURRICANE IRMA • HURRICANE JOSE • HURRICANE MARIA • CA Wildfires • ALL WITH RESPONSES TO BUILD, SMARTER AND MORE SUSTAINABLE …

  15. Environmental Justice in Delaware

  16. CUMULATIVE IMPACTS

  17. REGULATORY RESEARCH

  18. Campaign for Healthier Solutionsaka “Dollar Stores”

  19. Dollar Store Hazards “A Day Late and a Dollar Short” “Buyer Beware” Approx. 200 food cans tested for the toxic chemical Bisphenol A (BPA). Nearly 75% of cans purchased from discount retailers Dollar Tree, Dollar General, 99 Cents Only and Family Dollar contained BPA in can linings. • Over 81% of products tested (133 of 164) contained at least one hazardous chemical above levels of concern • 49% of products tested (80 of 164) contained two or more hazardous chemicals above levels of concern

  20. DIGNITY RIGHTS AND EJ • HR & Environmental Clinics should assist EJ communities to advance the need to include “dignity” rights language in their state constitutions; • Introduce and implement state and local policies that include “dignity rights” language as a means of addressing racial disparate policy implications; • Incorporate “Right to Recover” language in all disaster policies (chemical and climate induced);

  21. EJHA Affiliate Members

  22. Thank YouMichele L. Roberts andRichard Moore Environmental Justice Health Alliancemroberts@comingcleaninc.orgwww.ej4all.org

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