toxic exposure

Sanctuary States!

By Erik Loomis

In General

On May 17, 2021

Republican governance--very serious actions taken by very serious people. Just south of Oil City, where Louisiana representative Danny McCormick is from, is the predominantly Black city of Shreveport. Residents there breathe some of the most toxic air in the country. Oil refineries owned by UOP...

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Battery Recycling and Toxicity

By Erik Loomis

On November 23, 2015

One does not want to live around a lead battery recycling facility: In the wake of a growing lead pollution investigation in neighborhoods around the now shuttered Exide Technologies plant.

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Pesticide Protections for Farmworkers

By Erik Loomis

On October 8, 2015

One of the most important and underreported stories over the last few weeks was the EPA setting new pesticide protections for farmworkers. The new rules, announced by EPA administrator Gina.

Environmental Risk and Race

By Erik Loomis

In General

On September 28, 2015

I doubt any readers of LGM will be that shocked that people of color are exposed to toxic environments at rates far higher than whites. But the differential, at least in California, really is awful: "What's unique about this study is that we are looking...