"Environmental Injustice":
An environmental injustice exists when members of disadvantaged, ethnic, minority or other groups suffer disproportionately at the local, regional (sub-national), or national levels from environmental risks or hazards, and/or disproportionately from violations of fundamental human rights as a result of environmental factors, and/or denied access to environmental investments, benefits, and/or natural resources, and/or are denied access to information; and/or participation in decision making; and or access to justice in environmental-related matters."
The following YouTube video was forwarded to the Alliance Landfill Task Force from an Environmental Justice group based in New York, NY. We ask that you watch the video in entirety by clicking on it. Please value the importance of how the women is fighting for her " human rights". Please listen carefully to the comments on cancer rates, community health and family death.
Now ask yourself the following questions....
How could this happen in America?
Who allowed this chemical to be dumped in this landfill, so close to these homes?
Where was the EPA?
Now ask yourself these questions...
Could something like this be happening at Alliance Landfill?
How can the PaDEP issue another permit to Alliance Landfill on inconclusive testing?
Why is Michael D. Bedrin(PaDEP -NE/Regional Director) not asking the Alliance Landfill Task Force to be involved in environmental participation that effects our community?
Why is Senator Robert Mellow and Representative James Wansacz not introducing legislation for mandatory landfill monitoring (example:mandatory 2.5 community based ambient air monitoring) for all state landfills?
IS THERE ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITIES?
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