Pollution and Pandemics: COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on Environmental Justice Communities

Two members of the Environmental Justice Leadership Forum – WE ACT for Environmental Justice and West End Revitalization Association – submitted a Letter for the Record in response to the House Committee on Energy & Commerce hearing titled, “Pollution and Pandemics: COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on Environmental Justice Communities.”

The letters raised concerns about:

  • A lack of guidelines for management and disposal of health and medical waste being produced by the COVID-19 pandemic;
  • Impact of biosolids – human sewage sludge, animal manure, pharmaceutical chemicals, proprietary industrial chemicals, solvents and manufacturing metals – on air, soil and water quality during this time;
  • Congressional oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency in response to enforcement suspension;
  • Support for funding renewable energy, energy assistance, and weatherization programs; and
  • Replacing gas stoves in public housing with pollution-free solutions.

Read the letters: WE ACT for EJ – letter for the record 06.09.2020 & WERA – Omega Wilson – Letter for the Record 06.09.2020.

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