The Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative (BAEHC) is a broad partnership among six coalitions and numerous organizations working to protect public health in communities heavily impacted by air pollution.
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Dr.Henry Clark (Steering Committee member of BAEHC) and Rosina Roibal (Program Coordinator of...
News
Here is a webcast of the board meeting, where BAEHC members asked the Bay Area Air Quality Management District to adopt BAEHC's Cumulative Impacts resolution and work with us on writing regulation to address Cumulative Impacts.
1300 postcards were delivered to BAAQMD that were signed by Bay Area residents asking BAAQMD to adopt BAEHC's recommendations.
This article titled "Playing It Safe: Assessing Cumulative Impact and Social Vulnerability through an Environmental Justice Screening Method in the South Coast Air Basin, California" by James L. Sadd , Manuel Pastor , Rachel Morello-Frosch, Justin Scoggins and Bill Jesdale was just published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Today the Bay Area Air Quality Management District voted to delay the CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) risk and hazards for receptors threshold to be implemented May 1, 2011. This is another six- month delay. The Air District staff asked the board today for a delay because they've been receiving pressure from developers and affordable housing groups who seem to care more about profits than community health.
"Richmond has the same problems: The Bay Area Environmental Health Collaborative has collated data showing Richmond has both high levels of diesel particulate pollution and the highest levels of child asthma hospitalizations in all of Contra Costa County."
Read more of the article by Anne Brice from the Richmond Confidential:
http://richmondconfidential.org/2010/10/26/the-human-cost-of-pollution/
