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(Español) El envenenamiento por plomo no sólo genera problemas de salud a largo plazo, también afecta la movilidad social

Posted on April 1, 2017

(Español) En 2012, a 650 mil 402 niños menores de 21 años en California se le hizo la prueba para plomo, y alrededor de 13 mil de ellos –o el 2%- tenían niveles de plomo por encima del límite considerado inseguro, según datos del Departamento de Salud estatal.

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Edición Semanaria (Weekly Magazine)

Posted on March 31, 2017

*Battle Begins over the Cost of the Wall
*Environmental Catastrophe Caused by Lead Dust in East L.A.
*Cesar Chavez Celebrated Around the US – Veteran Organizer Remembers Him.

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Environmental Catastrophe Caused by Lead Dust in East L.A.

Posted on March 31, 2017

Nearly a year after California Governor Jerry Brown authorized spending for a large-scale cleanup effort in six largely Latino cities east of Los Angeles that were contaminated by tons of lead dust, people in the affected area are complaining of delays and discrimination in the handling of the crisis.

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California doesn’t just have a water crisis. It has a human crisis.

Posted on September 20, 2016

California’s Community Water Center reports that water systems serving predominantly Latino and low-income communities have disproportionately high occurrences of arsenic and nitrate contamination, and that many low-income residents in affected areas are paying up to 10 percent of their monthly income to purchase clean, safe water.

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Sierra & Tierra: The Other Shining Star of Puerto Rico

Posted on May 2, 2016

Fights with greed can be exhausting. Just ask Luis Jorge Rivera, who’s been fighting the corporate and government greed for more than 16 years and defending the natural heritage of all Puerto Ricans.

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