8/21/08
How many states do you think won’t let a school be located on a toxic site?

The answer, shockingly, is just 7! Read & watch CNN’s coverage of this unbelievable reality! 30 years after Love Canal and the closing of the 99th Street School, located next to a 20,000 ton toxic waste cite, many schools still are located near toxic locales. Click here:

8/21/08
New White Paper Offers Possible Solution to Mitigate Environmental Injustice:

At the Southern Political Science Association meeting earlier this year, two researchers presented an approach of having regulatory field offices in low income and minority zip code communities – with positive results – to help mitigate environmental injustices caused by air and other pollutions. CHEJ exists to prevent health harms caused by toxic and chemical threats often caused by environmental injustice and this just released report will be of interest to many of the community groups we mentor and serve. Click here to learn more about this interesting study and/or to download a copy:

8/20/08
2008 Sustainable School Summit in Washington DC on Oct 3.

8/19/08
Lou Dobbs & CHEJ still looking out for YOU, even when the FDA won’t!

In February of this year, CHEJ co-released the report Baby’s Toxic Bottle warning consumers about the harms caused by BPA found in many baby bottles. Canada has called this substance “hazardous” yet our FDA fails to recognize the health risks. Watch CNN’s Lou Dobbs’ piece on why you should be concerned about BPA and preventing harm from coming to your baby: Click here:

8/18/08
Environmental Justice is Up to YOU...and all of us.

Asbury Park, NJ held its 33rd annual Clearwater Festival over the weekend in an effort to empower the cause to bring more people into the environmental justice movement. CHEJ founder Lois Gibbs was a key speaker at this event and our work to continue the environmental justice movement, preventing harm to families and communities needs your help. Click here to read the article: