Chemical Warriors, Part 3: Over the Rainbow
Environmental justice and health movements raise awareness of the insidious nature of everyday chemical exposures and their alarming consequences for the health of our bodies and natural environments.
Communities First: A Profile of Janette Robinson Flint
by Jana Gowan This post is part of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women's Chemical Entanglements series. Black Women for Wellness (BWW) is a grassroots non-profit working throughout South LA. Their...
On Marine Debris as a Form of Gendered Violence
by Maya Weeks In the wake of the election, I have been thinking extensively and without desiring to about the men who wish us dead. I have been thinking about the men who made today’s petroleum industry...
Chemical Warriors, Part 2: The Human Experiments
A horrifying peak into WWI-era mustard gas experimentation on humans.
Beauty Myths 2.0: Breaking Toxic Bonds and Creating Cross Racial Alliances
by Bhavna Shamasunder and Janette Robinson Flint This year at Nappy Wood, a hair expo for Black women, Black Women for Wellness hosted a table to talk with women about their hair stories and give women and...
Chemical Warriors, Part 1: An Origin Story
by Jana Gowan Environmental justice and health movements raise awareness of the insidious nature of everyday chemical exposures and the alarming consequences for the health of our bodies and natural...
Black Carbon, Health, and the Power of Women’s Leadership
Black Carbon (BC), a product of incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, doesn't just contribute to climate change--it also contributes to chemical exposure. Commonly referred to as “soot”, BC emissions are...
