Environmental Justice!

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Across
  1. 4. This type of pollution is considered a definite carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
  2. 7. This term was used in the 1970s to address oppression by Black women; attributed to Black feminism and used for women of color
  3. 8. This location is a 85-mile stretch of land lined with oil refineries and petrochemical plants and is nicknamed "______ ______”
  4. 9. In general environmental injustices lead to a long list of health effects, some of these diseases include.
Down
  1. 1. The president who signed Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice
  2. 2. Right in Baltimore, an environmental injustice battle has been brewing as people protest against a waste management company. Their practices have been potentially linked to air pollution and cancer rates in the lower-income neighborhoods surrounding the facility. Name the type of facility/process of waste management this company is involved in.
  3. 3. Women’s _______ for the Earth seeks to eliminate toxic chemicals from consumer goods
  4. 5. This element can be detrimental to reproductive health, among others, but still poses a threat in many cities, specifically low socioeconomic communities.
  5. 6. This city faced a water crisis in 2014 due to leakage of contaminants into their water system, the population is still facing the effects of this disaster to this day and the children will be permanently affected.
  6. 9. Communities of ______ and minorities are often subject to environmental racism and these environmental injustices have disproportionate impacts on them.