Posted by Gina Solomon in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
This week I've been reflecting on my experiences four years ago when Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the levees broke, and the city flooded. What a terrible day that was. In the aftermath, a team from NRDC contacted city and...continued→
Posted by Gina Solomon in Environmental Justice , Health and the Environment
Last summer I stood in a school yard next to the huge cement kiln in the town of Oro Grande, California. It was hard not to be impressed. The school was new, and the soccer field was perfectly manicured. The playground...continued→
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
It has been a while since I blogged on Switchboard, but it's good to be back. This summer, after 12 years as a Senior Scientist at NRDC, I took a four month sabbatical. It wasn't exactly relaxing, since I used...continued→
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
What is it about global warming that the occupants of the White House don't seem to understand? It's beginning to seem like the only people who just don't get it are a few people in big buildings in Washington. Only two weeks after...continued→
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment
So today we learn that lead is in lipstick. In recent months we've read about lead in children's toys, lunchboxes, contaminated candy, children's costume jewelry, and many other common products in our homes. Will it ever end?Since the days of the...continued→
Posted by Gina Solomon in Health and the Environment , Solving Global Warming
I just spent the last two days at a meeting of the Institute of Medicine on "Climate and Human Health". The setting was nice - San Francisco's Presidio National Park - but the topic was disturbing. Here's the gist: Nobody's...continued→
