Our newest work on lead exposure and environmental justice out today in @AguGeohealth and free for all to read!
@theAGU
Bottom line--racial disparity of lead exposure is associated with lead-contaminated community soils
@HowardWMielke@Prepared4Change
https://t.co/j4G613BjdN
5/6 The good news - you can help make a difference. Here are 8 ways to take action when lead contaminates your community’s soil.
https://t.co/RxdcH7uo0S
Lead continues to sicken millions of children around the world
Here is a great solutions piece by @YCabreraOC that features many innovative projects (@dr_perl_@HowardPhd ) to solve the lead issue, including ours @Prepared4Change and @IUImpact
https://t.co/y01XAW0WgD
Want to stop worrying about heavy metals in baby food, dark chocolate and spices? Solve it at the source https://t.co/btSFJacl6F Thank you @PureEarthNow
What the F?! We are unthinkable without fungi, yet seldom do we think about them. We need to add a 3rd “F” – funga – to the protected Flora & Fauna & write this neglected kingdom of life into conservation, policy, and research frameworks. https://t.co/jup5Ctot8S
@MerlinSheldrake
NYC City Council passed new lead poisoning prevention legislation today. Here are a few highlights on how it would change city protocols: 1.) It expands the scope of investigation the Dept of Health is required to conduct when a child tests with an elevated blood lead level. 1/x
Exposure to lead in soil affecting people of color is an urgent environmental justice issue, the No. 1 recommendation to limit exposure is to use clean soil & compost. @dr_perl_ on the essentiality of compost & why the city must guarantee processing space.
Cornell begins to reckon with university’s ties to Indigenous dispossession. Looking forward to more of this with Cornell, and all our settler colonial institutions. https://t.co/vTCVZNOYaU
We must save Community Compost Sites! They are vital resources and provide ESSENTIAL green jobs to reduce waste, mitigate climate change, and enhance urban green space. Please add your letter here: https://t.co/D3FysIKzvc