“Cleaning Up Abandoned Uranium Mines''

The second one is called “Cleaning Up Abandoned Uranium Mines'', this one pertains to cleaning up Mines around the four corners area where there are around 500 abandoned uranium mines from 1944-1986 where 30 million tons of uranium ore were taken out but, these mines are closed as of today still because there were contaminations that came from these mines that affected the water which had high levels of radiation. Then communities around them drank the water and many got health problems like lung cancer from the radiation particles, bone cancer and impaired kidney functions from drinking the water. Luckily the EPA and other organizations are working to clean these uranium mines by requesting a ten year plan from 2020-2029 to clear these toxic substances in the environment and make a good, safe, non-pollution environment for the Navajo Nation.  

“Exposure to toxic substances a form of environmental violence against indigenous peoples: UN expert”

The first article i chose is called  “Exposure to toxic substances a form of environmental violence against indigenous peoples: UN expert”  and this was published this year on October 21, 2022 where there are Indigenous people that have been affected by pollution in the environment causing death and loss of food resources because of previous pollution from the past years such as the industrial expansion, military activities that waste dump into areas that affects native communities, and hazardous pesticides as well, Dr. Marcos A. Orellana who is a a special rapporteur on toxic and human rights, he states a recommendation for states in the U.S so they can end the double standard of allowing the production and export of highly hazardous pesticides that are getting dumped onto reservations to be banned for a good cause and that indigenous people’s voices arent heard loudly and they are silenced when they state the issue happening in their communities and its racial discrimination.

 “What Toxic Chemicals Were Aboard the Derailed Train in Ohio?”

Global connections connected to the Ohio train derailment that happened on February 3rd 2023,is described in the article called, “What Toxic Chemicals Were Aboard the Derailed Train in Ohio?” From the NYtimes, this happened in eastern Ohio near the Pennsylvania border and this train carried hazardous chemicals such as vinyl chloride, Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, Butyl acrylate, Ethylhexyl acrylate, and Isobutylene. These chemicals are very similar to each other because they are used for paints, paint thinners, varnishes and adhesives so these materials harm people because they contain these hazardous gasses that lead to symptoms such as irritation of the throat and eyes, headaches, vomiting irritation skin, dizziness and respiratory issues but mostly the Vinyl Chloride is dangerous to be inhaled because this can cause angiosarcoma which is a rare form of cancer. 

“Spatiotemporal variation of ozone pollution and health effects in China”

Lastly the article I looked at is “Spatiotemporal variation of ozone pollution and health effects in China”, this focuses on the other side of the world in China because that is where our goods are produced where the label says “Made from China” but, the factories release Ozone pollution into the air near urban communities where it was very serious for years 2015-2019 in the Northern China Plain in citings such as Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, and Xi’an, and this polluted the area from north to south where scientists analyzed that during different seasons of the year the Ozone concentrations rise up especially during summer, spring, and fall but winter was the lowest Ozone concentration. The people living in those areas got ill from the Ozone pollution especially the premature kids, and it kept rising during those years so this brought awareness that these manufacturers make a decision and control the Ozone pollution.