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I’d love to see this film. Check it out: The Garden. I’ve mentioned the plight elsewhere in the blog before and occasionally post updates. But this film should catch everybody up. Very important story. See the …
Environmental Justice, Social Justice, Water »
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In 2007 the United Church of Christ released “Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty.” Among many things, the report was the depiction of the various outstanding failures of local and federal government to protect the people of Dickson, Tennessee. Residents were poisoned from the common, but controllable, toxic chemical, TCE from well water. A county owned landfill was determined to be the source. Approximately 1,400 citizens’ water came from wells or springs within …


