Comments on: St. Louis Ranks Among Most Polluted Cities in America http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/24/st-louis-ranks-among-most-polluted-cities-in-america/ News & commentary on sustainability, activism, urban planning, politics, and our world. Thu, 24 May 2012 17:56:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Athletic Team Sports » Cardinals Best News Links :: Flashback Of The Day http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/24/st-louis-ranks-among-most-polluted-cities-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-10672 Athletic Team Sports » Cardinals Best News Links :: Flashback Of The Day Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:42:21 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1050#comment-10672 [...] St. Louis Ranks Among Most Polluted Cities in America (ecolocalizer.com) [...] [...] St. Louis Ranks Among Most Polluted Cities in America (ecolocalizer.com) [...]

]]> By: Joel Bittle http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/24/st-louis-ranks-among-most-polluted-cities-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-7325 Joel Bittle Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:24:55 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1050#comment-7325 I'm also breathing that air. But I have to burst the bubble about our toxic waste rating. For years St. Louis companies like Monsanto used East S. Louis as their own personal dumping ground, polluting the ground something terrible. It may not be in St. Louis, but it's certainly our fault. The issue highlights the ugly history of race, poverty, and health in the St. Louis area. Jonathan Kozol wrote about it in Savage Inequalities: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Third_World_US/SI_Kozol_StLouis.html I’m also breathing that air. But I have to burst the bubble about our toxic waste rating. For years St. Louis companies like Monsanto used East S. Louis as their own personal dumping ground, polluting the ground something terrible. It may not be in St. Louis, but it’s certainly our fault. The issue highlights the ugly history of race, poverty, and health in the St. Louis area.

Jonathan Kozol wrote about it in Savage Inequalities: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/Third_World_US/SI_Kozol_StLouis.html

]]> By: Jeff McIntire-Strasburg http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/12/24/st-louis-ranks-among-most-polluted-cities-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-7313 Jeff McIntire-Strasburg Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:29:43 +0000 http://ecolocalizer.com/?p=1050#comment-7313 Sorry to hear that (and not just because I'm also breathing that air). I am kind of surprised to find A-B at the top of the heap... one would think that brewing wouldn't involve much in the way of toxic emissions, but that just shows what I know... Sorry to hear that (and not just because I’m also breathing that air). I am kind of surprised to find A-B at the top of the heap… one would think that brewing wouldn’t involve much in the way of toxic emissions, but that just shows what I know…

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