Beginning in 1995, the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) examined childhood cancer incidence in Dover Township, Ocean County, and its relationship to environmental contamination. Most of the documents prepared during the course of that investigation included on this site. Click here for more information.
The Flint water crisis was a major public health emergency in Michigan linked to contaminated drinking water. It began in April 2014 when the city switched from water taken from Lake Huron and the Detroit River supplied by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) to water drawn directly from the Flint River as a cost-saving measure. Click here for more information.
On May 14, 2017, crude oil surged through the Dakota Access Pipeline, a 1,172-mile-long (1,886 km) underground oil conduit for the first time, despite delays due to grassroots movements protesting its construction. The controversial project, also known as the Bakken Pipeline, stretches from the Bakken oil fields in northwest North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa toward an oil terminal near Patoka, Illinois. Click here for more information.
Starting in August 2022, Jackson, Mississippi, is without reliable drinking water after pumps at the main water treatment plant failed, leading to the emergency distribution of bottled water and tanker trucks for 180,000 people. Click here for more information.
Video Overviews about Toms River Drinking Water
Richard French with author Dan Fagin discussing Toms River.
Earth Focus visits Toms River to tell the story.
Video Overviews about Environmental Racism
Grist provides an overview about environmental racism and environmental justice.
A New Jersey playwright and his students are exposing how climate change impacts black and brown communities on GMA.
Environmental advocate Mustafa Santiago Ali discusses Jackson, Mississippi's water crisis as the city's failed water system ignites conversations about environmental racism on ABC News.
Peggy Shepard brings to the TEDxHarlem stage a talk around Environmental Justice and surfacing the meme of "Sacrifice Zones."
