Science has power in the fight for environmental justice.
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To prove that your health is being affected by chemical pollution, you need to know:
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The facts you collect will be challenged by industry and government scientists. Learn how to defend your data:
understand what questions they are not asking, and how your information fills in the gaps.
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Facts alone are usually not enough to get action from chemical facilities or government agencies. Team up with
environmental justice groups that help fenceline communities achieve their goals. And make
your partnership more effective by understanding how EJ and community groups see things differently.
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"But industry provides good jobs for those folks," you say. Or, "how could they not want to leave--those
chemicals would make anyone sick." What people who don't live in fenceline communities don't understand. |
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Gwen Ottinger, full-time social scientist and sometime geek, created and maintains this site. About the author Comment on this site |