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ECO CHIC

144: Environmental Scandals: Piney Point, Superfund Sites, + Oil Spills

ECO CHIC

Cloud10

Natural Sciences, Arts, Fashion & Beauty, Society & Culture, Science

4.7641 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

We are gossiping today about environmental scandals! We’ll start off breaking down last week’s events at Piney Point, a resovoir in Florida holding toxic phosphate mining byproducts that began leaking. We then discuss America’s first Superfund site, Love Canal, NY – and why Superfund sites must be discussed through the lens of environmental racism. Then, we’ll detail water contamination in Hinkley, CA, the largest class action lawsuit in American history and the sceanario that inspired the film Erin Brockovich. Lastly, we discuss oil spills: the 2010 Deepwater Horizon, the largest oil spill in history, and the Exxon Valdez. We wrap up discussing the ‘value’ in scandals, regulation, advocacy, and what we’re still waiting on. Listen to our episode with Erin Brockovich here: 123: Water, Public Health, + A Julia Roberts Film Let’s chat!! I’m on Instagram @ecochicpodcast + @lauraediez, on Facebook, Twitter. I’m also on clubhouse as @lauradiez ! Sign up for my weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/f9324e3609e4/eco-chic Thank you to Aspiration for sponsoring today’s episode! Learn more about a better way to bank at aspiration.com/green. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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