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Public advocacy groups say the Trump administration failed to adequately assess the environmental and public health risks posed by asbestos in a required chemical risk evaluation.
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) On the heels of recent court victories over how toxic chemicals must be evaluated, advocacy groups asked the Ninth Circuit on Tuesday to invalidate a recent Trump administration risk assessment for asbestos that critics say is legally flawed.
Joined by a coalition of public health and environmental advocates, Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization is asking the San Francisco-based appeals court to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final risk evaluation for asbestos.
PIH calls for release of incarcerated people, reduction in arrests
Posted on Jan 26, 2021 Incarcerated people inside Cook County Jail post messages in the window and signal to protestors outside in April 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Across the United States, COVID-19 is running rampant in prisons, jails, and detention centers, putting millions of incarcerated people, families, and communities at risk.
The COVID-19 crisis in America’s prisons disproportionately affects Black, Indigenous, and Latinx communities due to decades of mass incarceration a systemic injustice that is directly linked to the genocide, slavery, and structural racism that has marked the U.S. for centuries.
For many Black transgender people, that fear is nothing new.
“COVID made a lot of things I was struggling with 100 times worse,” said Naori, a Black trans person who asked to use their online name for this story to protect their identity.
Naori who uses they/their pronouns was cut off by loved ones after they came out, and felt angry glares from people on the streets.
Naori struggled with mental health before 2020, but said it “tanked” as the pandemic wore on.
Black transgender people face racism, gender bias and transphobia and often homelessness and abuse. The intersection of these struggles, coupled with COVID-19 and a year of social justice reckoning, makes it difficult to find an affordable health care provider who can understand these unique needs.