Sterilization Services neighbor dies from cancer
Lettie White, one of the subjects of FOX13’s ongoing Contaminated Community series, passed away.
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Lettie White, one of the subjects of FOX13’s ongoing Contaminated Community series, passed away.
People across the nation claim cancer-causing emissions from local sterilizing plants are making them sick. It’s an example of environmental racism, say residents of one predominantly Black area in southwest Memphis, Tennessee, where life expectancy is much shorter than county and state averages.
For many years, Rose Sims had no idea what was going on inside a nondescript brick building on Florida Street a couple of miles from her modest one-story home on the southwestern side of town.
Members of the Memphis Community Against Pollution (MCAP) and other city officials and advocates will be holding a press conference at 10 a.m. to bring attention to the last day
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A plant that used toxic chemicals to sterilize medical equipment in South Memphis is now closed, and community members who stood their ground were cheering Tuesday. Memphis Community Against Pollution, along with residents living near Sterilization Services of Tennessee, celebrated the business closing it doors. “We are here because Sterilization Services of […]