Environmental Justice Program

• Environmental Justice Showcase Kickoff brochure - A Conversation with Regional Administrator Karl Brooks - June 11-12, 2010 (PDF) (4 pp, 235K, About PDF)
   
• Environmental Justice Showcase Community - Urban Agriculture Project Fact Sheet - September 2010 (PDF) (2 pp, 254K, About PDF)
   
• Environmental Justice Showcase Community - Urban Agriculture Project Update (Soil Sampling Photos) - September 2010 (PDF) (1 pg, 260K, About PDF)
   
• EPA's Urban Agriculture & Improving Local, Sustainable Food Systems page
   

EPA Joins "Expanding the Conversation on Environmentalism and Working for Environmental Justice" in St. Louis

EPA Region 7 Administrator Karl Brooks (right in photo) was the featured participant in a conversation with a group of Environmental Justice stakeholders in May 2010 at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis. The event was hosted by Area Resources for Community and Human Services (ARCHS). Wendell Kimbrough, Chief Executive Officer of ARCHS, welcomed the participants. Kimbrough is shown with Brooks in the photo. The participants also viewed a presentation by ARCHS of "St. Louis Communities Against Toxics," an Environmental Justice Collaborative Problem Solving Project.

Healthy Homes page - provides information on the Healthy Homes Community Initiative.

Environmental Justice Grants page - includes information on state grants

Pesticide Sales Concerns Addressed:

Protect Your Business and Your Customers - Do NOT Buy or Sell Illegal Pesticides! (1 page, 94 KB) [PDF] en Espaņol (PDF) (1 page, 220K About PDF) (PDF) (1 page, 231K About PDF) (PDF) (1 page, 172K About PDF)  (PDF) (1 page, 220K About PDF) (PDF)(1 page, 139K About PDF)

Region 7 has developed a flier to inform and educate marketplaces about the risks involved in selling unregistered pesticide products, which might be hazardous to human health, and about the laws associated with knowingly selling such products. Special emphasis has been placed on markets that sell imported goods. This flier has been translated into 6 different languages. The goal is that unregistered pesticides are removed from store shelves.