Warren County, NC
In the United States, the EPA believes there “are between 500,000 and one million brownfield” Brown fields are considered as abandoned, or underutilized property that can’t be developed because the land is polluted too much. Brown fields have been around as long as I have been alive. Residents have been trying to fight against this environmental injustice since 1982. One example coming from the residents of Warren County, NC when they protested the construction of a hazardous waste landfill in the predominantly African-American community, bringing environmental justice issues into the national spotlight. According to an article titled Environmental Injustices, In 1973, “the Ward Transformers Company dumped 31,000 gallons of PCB on the side of roadways in 14 NC counties.” This caused the state of North Carolina to create a plan to build a landfill and deposit the contaminated soil in the landfill. The place where the landfill was chose was In Shocco. This is a small, predominantly African American community in North Carolina. In 1983, “water was discovered under the landfill, revealing a contamination crisis in Warren County. And finally, in 2003, the state started a program to actively destroy the PCB.” This is a major issue for many reasons. They were creating a landfill in this small community with a majority black population and when residents presented the issue no one wanted to hear them. It had to be twenty years before something was done.
An article titled Environmental Injustices, In 1973,” the Ward Transformers Company dumped 31,000 gallons of PCB on the side of roadways in 14 NC counties.” This caused the state of North Carolina to create a plan to build a landfill and deposit the contaminated soil in the landfill. The place where the landfill was chose was in Shocco. This is a small, predominantly African American community in North Carolina. In 1983, “water was discovered under the landfill, revealing a contamination crisis in Warren County.” It wasn’t until 2003 when the state started a program to actively destroy the PCB. Long after no telling how many residents in this community suffered the effects from these sites.
An article titled Environmental Injustices, In 1973,” the Ward Transformers Company dumped 31,000 gallons of PCB on the side of roadways in 14 NC counties.” This caused the state of North Carolina to create a plan to build a landfill and deposit the contaminated soil in the landfill. The place where the landfill was chose was in Shocco. This is a small, predominantly African American community in North Carolina. In 1983, “water was discovered under the landfill, revealing a contamination crisis in Warren County.” It wasn’t until 2003 when the state started a program to actively destroy the PCB. Long after no telling how many residents in this community suffered the effects from these sites.