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Philadelphia Department of Public Health

This links to the Philadelphia Department of Public Health's website. Alex Skula is a Public Health Preparedness Analyst in the Division of Disease Control at the

Fieldnote May 2 2023 - 1:18pm

In this visit, we were focused on stringing seashells onto the wooden branches as art pieces for the exhibition.

Fieldnote Apr 19 2023 - 4:34am

In this visit, I spent most of my time talking to an ah ma from my weekly group.

FIELDNOTE MAR 29 2023

We started our time at Naluwan with some morning dance moves to warm up our bodies. It was pleasant to see the elders actively participating in the exercise.

Fieldnote Apr 12 2023 - 1:34pm

For this visit, Juanjuan and I were grouped with five grandmothers, three from the previous visit and two new grandmothers due to the absence of our classmates.

Fieldnote Feb 21 2023 - 10:56pm

Driving through the small alley of the place where the Amis live felt odd as the modern view on my left - wind turbines, bridges, was a vast contrast from the view on my right which saw village-lik

Statue at Naluwan, 22 Feb 2023

A statue is built in the middle of the walkway that separates the river and the land that the Amis lives on.

Data infrastructure supporting recognition of the anthropocenic air pollution in the context of the 6th Naphtha plants is the collection of health related and biological data, as it could be one possibility to sue. The data collected in scientific studies mentioned in the film were the concentration of a certain metabolite (produced when being exposed to VCM) in the bodies of children visiting the schools nearby and the incidence of cancer in the surrounding area. Doing medical and epidemiological research on these topics could help to set regulations. And - and that's maybe even more important to the people affected - if you can prove that you got a disease from being near the factory, you might be able to sue.