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Chemical of the Month: Ethylene Oxide

Op-ed for August 2022 edition of The Community Scientists: Chemical of the Month, led by RISE St. James.

The Community Scientists: Chemical of the Month

This is a digital collection for The Community Scientists: Chemical of the Month by

Chemical of the Month: Formaldehyde, October 2022

A digital collection for the September 2022 issue of RISE St. James' The Community Scientists: Chemical of the Month, focused on formaldehyde.

Chemical of the Month: Formaldehyde

Op-ed for October 2022 edition of RISE St. James' The Community Scientists: Chemical of the Month.

Chemical of the Month: Benzene, September 2022

A digital collection for the September 2022 issue of RISE St. James' The Community Scientists: Chemical of the Month, focused on benzene.

Chemical of the Month: Benzene

Op-ed for August 2022 edition of RISE St. James' The Community Scientists: Chemical of the Month.

Sunshine Project, Formosa Plastics, Louisiana

Ecuador Acidification

This PECE essay details the quotidian anthropocene in Ecuador utilizing the Questioning Quotidian Anthropocenes analytic developed for the Open Seminar River School.

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joerene.aviles

Annotation of

FIRST RESPONDERS’ ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY DUE TO MASS DECONTAMINATION RUNOFF

In response to

Describe the history of the policy. Was it created in response to or to support existing policy or legislation?

The policy was created in in 1999 after concerns brought up by the Team Leader of the Chemical Weapons Improved Response Team (CWIRT), U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command over whether first responders to WMD (weapons of mass destruction) incidents were liable for pollution and other environmental consequences of their decontamination/ life-saving efforts.