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Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the community members of Reserve LA/St John the Baptist Parish

A digital collection of material for field activities with LEAN and the community members of Reserve LA/St John the Baptist Parish.

Lead Poisoning and Information Distribution in Southern California

This study examines how living with unsafe and degrading infrastructures leading to lead poisoning in Southern California is an embodied experience mediated by class, race, and late industrialism.

Abstract

This study examines how living with unsafe and degrading infrastructures leading to lead poisoning in Southern California is an embodied experience mediated by class, race, and late industrialism.

Competing Hegemonies

Competing hegemonic discourses on lead risk and poisoning in SoCal.

Core Analytical Categories

“Risk” - a term that is used by multiple actors in my fieldsite; public health officials, environmental scientists, school board members and parents all use this term when referring to lead p

Designating Late Industrialism

This document charts the ways this project develops our understandings of late industrialism, and in turn, how late industrialism, as an analytic, increases our understanding of lead poisoning.

History of Water and Lead in CA

This document is a brief history of statewide water management as well as national and CA state lead policies.

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See which N.J. roads have the worst traffic jams in the U.S.

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What vulnerabilities affect the community?

One of the main vulnerabilities that affect the community, is time and money. As the individuals have to wait for a long time, the report estimates that approximately 810,680 gallons of fuel is burned and wasted. This is a paramount issue with the rising cost of gas everyday. As many say, time is money. This relates to those stuck in these jams because these jams, along with large amounts of gas also wastes a lot of time. Motorists spend about 1.5 million hours annually sitting in traffic annually. In addition, $38 are wasted in those 1.5 million hours.