The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week published its objections to permits for a new Nucor manufacturing plant in Convent, La. The Times-Picayune reported the EPA's conclusions, saying...
Michael Hansen
Atlantic Report Highlights Health Risks from Neurotoxins
The Atlantic today published a report titled "The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains" that immediately caught our eye. The article starts by citing 2012 research from Harvard's Dr. David Bellinge,...
GASP Requests Venue, Time Change for ABC Coke Hearing
This morning, GASP Outreach Director Kirsten Bryant sent a letter to the Jefferson County Department of Health regarding the public hearing for Drummond Co.'s Title V operating permit. Bryant asked...
Alabamians Have the Right to Breathe Clean, Healthy Air
In response to false accusations from the Alabama Coal Association and its allies, GASP released the following statement. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — GASP is a health advocacy organization focused on the...
Toxic City: Birmingham's Dirty Secret
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A nonprofit health advocacy organization today announced a crowd-funding campaign for a documentary film called, “Toxic City: Birmingham’s Dirty Secret.” Hunter Nichols is...
WHO: Air Pollution Causes Cancer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — An arm of World Health Organization (WHO) last week released a report on air pollution with some dire warnings. Based on data collected in 2010, the International Agency for...