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The ethylene oxide ‘health emergency’ in South Memphis

For months, Sterilization Services of Tennessee has ignored calls from the Memphis City Council, the Shelby County Commission, community organizations, and families living nearby to reduce the plant’s EtO pollution. The facility, which sterilizes medical equipment, continues to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a … See more

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Health Department must use emergency powers to protect South …

WEBMEMPHIS, Tenn. — On Tuesday, the Southern Environmental Law Center, on behalf of Memphis Community Against Pollution, sent a letter to the Shelby County …

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Sterilization Services of Tennessee to close ethylene oxide …

WEBWhen the Health Department refused, MCAP and SELC appealed that decision. That appeal remains pending. “Families living near the Sterilization Services of …

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What is ethylene oxide and how is it impacting southwest Memphis

WEBA person’s health risk grows the longer they are exposed to the gas. Because ethylene oxide has no color or smell, many people living near facilities that emit …

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Charleston Water sewage overflows threaten public health and …

WEBThese spills can significantly harm the environment and human health, especially water recreators, subsistence fishers, and wastewater workers. “Sewer …

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Industrial air pollution in our Southern communities

WEBIndustrial air pollution has and continues to unfairly burden Black and Brown communities, other communities of color, and low-income areas throughout the South, …

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SELC goes Above & Beyond to protect our health and environment

WEBThis has been an impressive year of results, even by the Southern Environmental Law Center’s historically high standards. Our solar initiative is ending …

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Medical & Health Groups File Suit to Protect Limits on Mercury, Air

WEBAbout the American Public Health Association Founded in 1872, the APHA is the oldest, largest and most diverse organization of public health professionals in the …

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SC agency strengthens public transparency around industrial PFAS

WEBNew permit process requires polluters to disclose toxic PFAS and 1,4-dioxane discharges into waterways CHARLESTON, S.C. — This fall, after extensive …

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Update: House votes to delay clean-air protections, but opposition

WEBEven though ground-level ozone has steadily dropped in the South, health groups like the American Lung Association say summertime ozone levels in many places are still too …

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Georgia textile mill agrees to stop PFAS pollution

WEBROME, Ga. — In a victory for the health of Georgia’s Chattooga River, Alabama’s Weiss Lake, and downstream communities, a major textile mill in northwest …

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Virginia completes initial PFAS sampling, but study is limited

WEBLimited sampling of Virginia’s public drinking water has revealed the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), according to a new report by the Virginia …

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Dr. Robert Bullard: Environmental Justice Is Equal Justice

WEBHealth equity is my core. Transportation justice. It’s uh, that intersectionality that, that really brings it all together. So that, so that we don’t just, you know, isolate these issues in …

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EPA strengthens fine particulate air pollution standard

WEBThe national standard limits the amount of PM2.5 pollution in the ambient air. Today’s action changes the annual standard from 12 micrograms per cubic meter to 9 …

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Environmental justice: the right to clean water

WEBPartners on the ground are often experiencing environmental and public health crises every day. Their organizing efforts, accompanied by our legal advocacy, …

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New EPA study of GenX toxicity highlights need to better regulate …

WEBGenX is part of a broad group of about 5,000 chemicals long known to be toxic. In the past, when one of these compounds drew concern, manufacturers changed …

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Dividing Lines: Highways’ history of displacement and pollution

WEBDividing Lines: Highways’ history of displacement and pollution. Highways and access to transportation play an outsized role in determining economic, health, …

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What is environmental justice

WEBAt the Southern Environmental Law Center, environmental justice means fighting for and working alongside communities and partners to find alternatives to polluting highway …

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North Carolina's hog problem

WEB“The state has a responsibility under the law to protect people from pollution,” says Senior Attorney Blakely Hildebrand. “Current plans for biogas are poised …

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N.C. cities seek to contaminate drinking water for about 1M North

WEBTwo upstream cities challenge limits on toxic 1,4-dioxane pollution in Cape Fear River Basin; downstream cities fight to defend limits CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A …

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South DeKalb residents challenge Metro Green Recycling facility

WEBUpdated Jan. 5, 2021. On December 30, 2020, the DeKalb County Superior Court granted the motion from SELC and Citizens for a Healthy and Safe Environment’s …

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South Carolina leads the region in proactive climate planning

WEBThe changing climate presents myriad problems to solve, affecting people, wildlife, natural systems, and our economies. The release of the Fifth National Climate …

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