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Why I am calling for a Local Health Emergency in San Francisco
Why I am calling for a Local Health Emergency in San Francisco
May 5, 2021
Gloria Berry, D10 resident, candidate for supervisor and elected member of the Democratic County Central Committee Assembly District 17, sponsored a broadly endorsed and near unanimous resolution adopted by the DCCC in 2020 calling for full moratorium, medical monitoring and reparations for Hunters Point residents.
by Dr. Ahimsa Porter Sumchai
Biomonitoring detects pollution in people. As a method for measuring toxic chemicals in human tissues, HBM is a proven tool for studying harmful environmental chemicals to confirm exposures and validate public health policies. Population biomonitoring was first applied to environmental public health in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulatory reduction of lead in gasoline on Jan. 1, 1986.
Earth Day 2021 in San Francisco!
April 28, 2021
On this Earth Day, April 22, 2020, more than 120 fired up Hunters Point and Treasure Island residents and supporters gathered in front of San Francisco City Hall to call for real environmental and social change that comes from the people in the wake of complete disinvestment and neglect of our Black communities by city leaders. But we also came together to acknowledge, learn about and celebrate the amazing work of people and organizations like Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai, Greenaction, Hunters Point Mothers and Fathers Committee, Arieann Harrison, Elaine Brown, Dr. Aude Bouagnon, Ms. Margaret from West Oakland, investigative reporter Carol Harvey, Gloria Berry, attorneys Stanley Goff and Charles Bonner, Literacy for Environmental Justice and many more. – Photo: Griffin Jones
The amazing parallels between Flint, Mich., and Bayview Hunters Point
January 31, 2021
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD, Health and Environmental Science Editor
“Nothing’s changed because the water’s been making my skin itchy. You can’t drink it, too.” – Amariyanna Copeny, known as Little Miss Flint, in a 2016 letter to President Barack Obama
Flint, Mich., is the birthplace of General Motors and the Flint Strike of 1936 that led to the formation of the United Auto Workers. The city has over 100,000 residents and is described as “one of the poorest and most dangerous cities in the United States.” The average household income is $39,575 and 41.2 percent of the population lives below poverty levels. African Americans comprise 54.08 percent of residents.
Renewed call for shipyard excavation moratorium â the legal legacy of harm to the Hunters Point community
January 1, 2021
âWe are fighting this toxic genocide all the way to the top of the government ladder,â say attorneys for Hunters Point resident plaintiffs Charles A. Bonner & A. Cabral Bonner in the Hunters Point Community Lawsuitseeking $27 billion in the biggest eco-fraud case in history. Here, Charles Bonner speaks at a July 2018 press conference. â Photo: Liz Moughon, SF Chronicle
by Ahimsa Porter Sumchai, MD PD (Postdoctoral Fellow)
âWe are fighting this toxic genocide all the way to the top of the government ladder.â â Charles A Bonner and A. Cabral Bonner, attorneys for plaintiffs in the Hunters Point Community Lawsuit