Critics say polluting industries are most likely to be near low income, minority neighborhoods.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Now Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva is working to pass a bill to make it harder to plant new polluters near existing ones.
Large swaths of Tucson’s south side are haunted by chemical pollution from a solvent called TCE. It was widely used for aircraft and electronics work in and around Davis-Monthan, Tucson International and a long list of manufacturing plants. TCE filtered into the ground through leaks and careless handling.“For one thing, the stress of it all, it's always there.
Congressman Raul Grijalva says since a lot of PFAS contamination comes from military bases, a Defense Department bill includes more than five hundred million dollars for PFAS clean up. Tucson will have to compete with other areas to get a share. He’s working to pass the Environmental Justice For All Act. Under the proposed law if a polluting factory wants to move in, the EPA would consider not just the effect of that new plant but how the new plant might add to a history of pollution hurting a community.
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