Environmental injustice: EPA neglects discrimination claims from polluted communities

By Corbin Hiar

Agency’s dysfunctional Office of Civil Rights sits on complaints for years

Excerpts from this story referencing "Ford Heights":

"… a quarter of all families in the community live below the poverty line.In Ford Heights, Ill., a solidly African-American exurb of Chicago, about 40 percent of al …"

"… e air,” said Melva Smith-Weaver, who worked at the Head Start program in Ford Heights until 2007.”There was quite a few children during that time that were as …"

"… “outrageous that this complaint wasn’t addressed immediately” by OCR.Ford Heights Mayor Charles Griffin agreed. In an October letter to Jackson, he noted th …"

"… of uncertainty from the facility,” Griffin wrote.The Corpus Christi and Ford Heights complaints are among at least 15 Clean Air Act cases pending with OCR; thr …"