Additional Articles and Resources
This EXCERPTED article lifts up the practice and intersection of community health assessments and community organizing.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t041IjqbDasaJdjp9D866YjDppD4DNnckdAMcRpPzAc/edit?usp=sharing
This article (4/21) exposes the racial disparity of exposure to particulate matter
advances.sciencemag.org/content/7/18/eabf4491.full
MICHIGAN SITES ACCEPTING HAZARDOUS WASTE
This list only includes facilities that accept off-site hazardous waste for storage, treatment or disposal.The map DOES NOT show sites that handle on-site hazardous waste due to the high number of such facilities. Here is a link to the map.
NOTE: Linguistically isolated population is the percent of persons living in a household in which all members of the household age 14 years or older speak a non-English language and speak English less than "very well." The numbers provided are the percentage of people within a 1-mile radius that live in a linguistically isolated household.
Thank you to the Great Lakes Environmental Law Center for this RESOURCE.
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STOP Nestlé’s push to pump more water out of Michigan meets resistance Giant sucking sound
by Michael Jackman December 21, 2016 Metro Times article
CLICK LINK BELOW:
http://m.metrotimes.com/detroit/nestles-push-to-pump-more-water-out-of-michigan-meets-resistance/Content?oid=2477720#
Stop Nestle's Water Grab!
Nestle Water Takings exceed 4 billion gallons according to MDEQ
Nestle wants to increase their taking from their White Pine Springs Well from 150 gallons per minute (gpm) to 400 gpm. If you haven't had a chance to get your opposition in to the DEQ, the comment period has been extended to December 3rd. (1700 comments calling for a halt to Nestle's grab were submitted in the first four days.) Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation is calling on everyone to express your opposition to the expansion and demand multiple public hearings around the state. (Identify the well as PW-101. Email: Carrie Monosmith at: [email protected] at the Office of Drinking Water and Municipal Assistance by December 3, 2016.)
Nestle states that they must expand due to "consumer demand for bottled water" and that they are "excited to grow in the area." The consumer demand stems from the poisoning of the public water supply in Flint and massive water shut offs in Detroit. Nestle pays a mere $200 annually for their withdrawal permit and nothing for the public water they take from the Great Lakes. While water to tens of thousands of Detroit residents has been shut off because they can't afford their water bills, putting the health of their families at risk. So why on earth is the state allowing Nestle to take massive draws out of the Great Lakes if we can't even supply water to meet the basic needs of our residents? .