MPCA

Contaminants in Your Own Backyard

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Author
Mark Snyder
Do It Green! Minnesota

With recent news stories about asbestos contamination in the Iron Range, arsenic in South Minneapolis or perfluorocarbons seemingly appearing everywhere in Minnesota, it is not surprising that Minnesotans may be growing increasingly concerned about what kinds of chemical hazards may be lurking in our own neighborhoods.

Resources

Web Resources

MPCA – Your Backyard

www.pca.state.mn.us/backyard/index.html

MPCA – Environmental Data Access

www.pca.state.mn.us/data/eda/index.cfm

Print Resources

From the Ground Up: Environmental Racism and the Rise of the Environmental Justice Movement, by Luke W. Cole & Shelis R. Foster, 2001.

Fateful Harvest: The True Story of a Small Town, a Global Industry and a Toxic Secret, by Duff Wilson, Harpercollins, 2001.

Organizations

Environmental Justice Advocates of Minnesota (EJAM)
2100 Plymouth Ave. N.
Minneapolis, MN, 612-302-3100
www.ejamn.org

Clean Water Action Alliance of Minnesota,
308 East Hennepin Ave.
Minneapolis, MN,
612-623-3666
cleanwateraction.org/mn

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