The U S Food and Drug Administration FDA recommends consumers do not buy or eat ground cinnamon Recently elevated levels in cinnamon were discovered in certain cinnamon apple sauce pouches that lead to lead poisoning in children The FDA is taking steps to address this and sent a letter to all cinnamon manufacturers processors...
Are you interested in projects that support environmental and energy justice Join the Center s team and the Director Dr Paloma Beamer to talk about how you and your organization can move towards environmental and energy justice through our free services This event is produced by Dialogue Health in partnership with PHI Center for...
For the past six years we have collaborated with University of Arizona's Project Harvest to examine levels of contamination in residential harvested rainwater We collected and analyzed over rainwater samples by partnering with families in Tucson whom are disproportionately impacted by climate change and pollution The findings show there is increased contamination in rainwater...
The City of Tucson s Landscape Advisory Committee LAC invite you to the th Urban Heat Island UHI Workshop This year the workshop is in collaboration with University of Arizona CLIMAS Discussions will focus on finding opportunities for Tucson to develop innovative solutions to mitigate the Urban Heat Island UHI effect and effectively communicate...
As part of our diversity and inclusion strategy website visitors are now able to access a wide range of accessibility and language support tools to customize their digital experience through Recite Me assistive technology Being able to offer an inclusive experience is essential to support over of the population who may encounter barriers when...
The City of Tucson recently won a million urban forestry grant from U S Department of Agriculture which will accelerate the initiatives in the Tucson Million Trees program The grant will allow the program to grow more green spaces invest in youth workforce development and support equitable distribution of the trees in the city...
The new Western Environmental Science Technical Assistance Center for Environmental Justice West EJ Center has been featured in nbsp Arizona Daily Star nbsp EPA has awarded million to run the West EJ Center under Principal Investigator Dr Paloma Beamer at nbsp the University of Arizona College of Public Health As one of the center...
亚利桑那州土桑市 (Tucson, AZ) – 根据美国住房和城市发展部 (HUD) 的《公平住房倡议计划》 (FHIP)，索诺拉环境研究所有限公司（Sonora Environmental Research Institute, Inc.，以下简称为“SERI”）获得了125,000 美元的拨款，用于打击图桑大都市地区的住房歧视现象。联邦政府的《公平住房法》保护人们在住房方面免受基于种族、国籍、肤色、宗教、性别、家庭状况和残疾的歧视。这些是受联邦政府保护的七个类别。住房歧视现象仍然存在，特别是在租赁、房地产销售、贷款和房主保险交易等方面。住房歧视影响到许多家庭，特别是那些生活在贫困中的家庭，他们最容易在住房方面受到不公平待遇。
Tucson AZ SERI has been awarded K to fight housing discrimination in the Tucson Metropolitan Area under the U S Department of Housing and Urban Development HUD Fair Housing Initiatives Program FHIP The federal Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination in housing on the basis of race national origin color religion sex familial...