May 10, 2021 - By Edward Clifford
I want to tell you an unlikely story. I d find it hard to believe if it hadn t happened to me, so I ll understand if you choose to take it with a pinch of salt. I assure you, however, that every word you re about to read is true. I hope you ll be able to take what you need for your own life from this tale. from Bele & Zozo, Volume 62, Issue 1 (Spring 2021)
Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.
A few years ago I found a school binder with a story I (aged 7) had no recollection of penning. It was the story of a girl who went to a funeral where everybody in attendance died “of pity and sorrow” except her. Then, at the funerals of all those people who had died in the first funeral, people in attendance also died “of pity and sorrow.” This girl always survived these deadly funerals (she attended several, the same thing happened over and over). Eventually she found herself alone in the world, puzzled, walking through innumerable
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.