Environmental activist urges others to become involved

Speaker offers advice, suggestions for residents in EnviroClean fight

Ohio-Lois Gibbs, the stay-at-home mom turned environmental crusader who
helped rescue her neighborhood from the notorious Love Canal toxic waste dump, will be touring some of Ohio’s toxic sites the last week of July.  Stay tuned for updates to see if she will be coming to an area near you. 

Privacy issue can stall cancer-cluster reviews
Last year, when a group of Sandusky County parents asked for records that Ohio Department of Health officials used to investigate a cluster of cancer cases among children in and around Clyde, the agency refused.
Click here: Privacy issue can stall cancer-cluster reviews | The Columbus Dispatch
Ohioan for Health, Environment and Justice has joined into work across Ohio on Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) reform.  OHEJ has been holding small community meetings around the state educating citizens on this needed reform.  Watch for a meeting in your area or contact OHEJ forums@ohioej.org to hold your very own house party on TSCA reform

"OH EJ Short Video Contest Announces Winners!"

State legislators, environmental health activists and impacted community members gathered in Columbus OH today for the Environmental Justice Short Video Contest Award Ceremony.

Watch the Winning Videos:

FIRST PLACE: Behr Dayton Thermal Systems VOC Plume

SECOND PLACE: Surrounded: A Story of South Columbus (Also winner of People’s Choice Award)

THIRD PLACE: Clyde, Ohio - The Cancer Cluster

Landfill Fighters of Morrow County ask for help in getting C&DD moratorium

Statewide Environmental Justice Community Meetings

Stay Tuned

Activities around the Environmental Justice Bill will begin early this fall

• North East – Eastern
• North East - Western
• North West
• Central
• South East
• South West-Western
• South West-Eastern

Health Board seeks answers from Ohio EPA
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Lanxess Corp. and INEOS ABS USA Corp. reached the agreement with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Read more

EPA finds average manganese levels at least 70% higher than what the EPA considers safe for long-term exposure outside Warren Elementary School in Marietta, Ohio
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Town Hall Meeting Experience
Joel Solow a student, reflections of his experience and thoughts about the OHEJ Town Hall Meeting he attended in Toledo. If you’ve never attended one this may inspire you. (click here)