2. Maquiladoras - US/Mexico Border
● Multinational corporations operate assembly
plants along the Rio Grande.
● They take advantage of the non-stringent
pollution regulations and dump chemical waste
into the river.
● This has caused the rate of Anacephaly
(abnormally large brain) in infants in Brownsville,
Texas to be 4x the national average (Texas Health
and Human Services, 2020).
Annotated Audio:
Rescendez, Julian. Workers of TECMA, a cross-border plant
(maquiladora) are seen on September 29 in Ciudad Juarez,
Chihuahua state. 2020. Border Report. Web. 10 Nov 2020.
3. Flint Water Crisis
● The flint water crisis has been ongoing since
2014.
● Mona estimates 100,000 Flint residents were
exposed to high concentration of lead, a
neurotoxin (Mona, 2016).
Guyette, Curt. Flint Water Samples. 2018.
Web. 10 Nov 2020.
Annotated Audio
4. Katrina Damage
This Video showcases the plight of New Orleans.
Specifically how environmental damage will
impact residents in poorly maintained districts
the worst.
The levee systems that are poorly maintained
lead to areas being 8 feet below sea level,
compared to other areas that are 3 feet below
sea level.
The next hurricane to strike the area may be
worse than Katrina.
5. The Aftermath of Katrina
● When the levees broke, many of the
people left behind were low income
minority residents.
● The areas highly populated by low
income residents were not well
maintained by local governments and
were susceptible to storm surge and
levee failure.
U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development. 2010.
Web. 10 Nov 2020. Annotated Audio
6. Disparities in
Environmental Justice
● This graphic shows the redlined districts in
Charlotte, NC
● ( Red = “Poor investment Opportunities”)
● While explicit redlining in the modern day is illegal,
its legacy still lives on.
Badger, Emily. 2017. The New York Times. Web.
10 Nov 2020.
Annotated Audio
7. Standing Rock
● Pictured left- a man straps himself to
machinery in protest of the Dakota Access
Pipeline
● What is the pipeline and how could it
impact the health and wellbeing of the
residents who live on the reservation?
Annotated Audio
Kane, Desiree. Lakota man locked down to construction equipment at
direct action against Dakota Access Pipeline. NPR. 22 Feb, 2017.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/22/514988040/key-
moments-in-the-dakota-access-pipeline-fight
8. Works Cited
1. Mona, Hanna-Attisha. “Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial
Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response.” Ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, Feb. 2016, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4985856/.
1. Health and Human Services, Texas. “Neural Tube Defects and the Texas-Mexico Border.” Texas Department of State Health
Services, June 2020, www.dshs.texas.gov/birthdefects/NTD_border.shtm.
