A Community’s Fight Against Air Pollution from Aviation Fuel

A Community’s Fight Against Air Pollution from Aviation Fuel

Maria Reyes is a Cassell community member and activist in San Jose, California living near the Reid-Hillview Airport. The following are words she wrote about the on-going fight to close the Reid-Hillview Airport whose use of leaded aviation gas and lack of sound barriers have polluted the surrounding communities and decreased their quality of life for decades.

Clearing the Skies: A Call to End the Silent Threat of Leaded Aviation Fuel

Clearing the Skies: A Call to End the Silent Threat of Leaded Aviation Fuel

When you think about sources of toxic lead exposure, you might recall the bans on leaded fuel for cars 27 years ago or leaded paint 18 years before that. Or perhaps you think of the 2014 lead-in-water poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan. Current data show, however, that a stunningly high source of lead pollution in the United States comes from leaded aviation fuel.

What’s the Deal with Toxics in Furniture?

What’s the Deal with Toxics in Furniture?

When you think about what you want your office furniture to do or to be, you most likely focus on how comfortable it is, how easy to clean it is, or how it will look in the space. Whether that piece of furniture at work can exacerbate your asthma or even potentially make you more susceptible to developing chronic conditions like cancer is probably not one of your top considerations.