UW Superfund Research Program

UW SRP is co-hosting this bilingual series on Science and Environmental Justice – check it out this Wednesday at 10 am! (past episodes at https://www.drcc.org/la-voz-de-la-justicia).

Are you ready for this weeks show?
What's the connection between Environmental Justice and science?
Hosts: Edwin Hernandez and Linn Gould
Guest: Grant Gutierrez, Department of Ecology

Language barriers can limit access to information and representation in research. Join us March 2 to learn more about work being done to promote language justice, featuring our managers of community engagement and research translation.

Promoting Environmental and Occupational Public Health Through Language Justice - Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH) The mission of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is to discover how the environment affects people in order to promote healthier lives.

Jacob's Smelter Superfund cleanup:
"There is no safe level of lead exposure."

Superfund Cleanup and Program Progress on Twitter “There is no safe level of exposure. At the Jacob's Smelter Superfund site, the has been removing soil contaminated with lead across the town of Stockton that was leftover from mining and smelting in the 1800s https://t.co/yoQBuKLF6w”