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San Mateo County residents protest toxic jail on Earth Day
April 23, 2013
Community members from around San Mateo County gathered outside of the new jail site and the County Center wearing hazardous materials suits and gas masks to illustrate the toxic nature of the new jail. They spoke about the ways a new jail will harm communities and the environment as well as draining the county’s budget of desperately needed resources.
Toxic Triangle hearing united BVHP with Oakland and Richmond to fight for environmental justice
July 6, 2010
At the Toxic Triangle hearing on June 12 at St. John’s Baptist Church, residents discussed the many undiagnosed and unidentified health and skin problems that have resulted from the many pollution sources such as Chevron, the Navy’s Hunters Point Shipyard and the PG&E toxic site.