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Air traffic. hazards (include lead)

Kim Fortun

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Environmental Justice in Santa Ana, California

In response to

2. What environmental hazards are there in this setting, what is their source and what are their effects on the environment, health and inclusive prosperity?

See this recent article about how (piston-engine) airplanes contribute to lead contamination.https://capitalandmain.com/faa-must-move-faster-to-remove-leaded-fuels-from-the-skies
And this article about how airport expansions happen (likely without much downwind input): https://www.ocregister.com/2019/04/30/orange-county-faces-balancing-act-with-john-wayne-airport-plans/

Gardening labor is especially socially vulnerable

Kim Fortun

Annotation of

Environmental Justice in Santa Ana, California

In response to

3. What intersecting factors -- social, cultural, political, technological, ecological -- contribute to environmental health vulnerability and injustice in this setting? What has produced historic disadvantage?

Community interviews have found that many household have members that are gardeners. Research has shown that garndening labor is especially socially vulnerable and hard to protect through organizing. See: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1M5_McMmsbcb_s2Qn17XtnFQ3HBeC2hcfYSBYrqmDB-0/edit?usp=sharing . Also see Sal Zarate's work: https://www.zotero.org/groups/130725/disastersts/collections/ICRQQ8PM

Pesticide hazards in gardening labor

Kim Fortun

Annotation of

Environmental Justice in Santa Ana, California

In response to

2. What environmental hazards are there in this setting, what is their source and what are their effects on the environment, health and inclusive prosperity?

MPNA-GREEN's Community Research Board is conducting community interviews and learned that there are professional gardeners in many households, which likely comes with significant exposre to pesticides, likely brining them home to their families. See, for example, this recent study: https://www.ehn.org/glyphosate-childrens-health-2659484037.html, and there is always worries about endocrine disrupting chemicals in ag work.