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.
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