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Cory Booker Talks About Environmental Injustice in Low-Income Communities
Senator Cory Booker speaks about environmental injustice and its effects on low-income communities. He brings up examples like superfund sites, pig farms, and cutting funding to places like Planned Parenthood, and encourages people to stay outraged and activated in order to make a difference.
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Superfund sites are areas deemed so toxic that special legislation was created to manage them, but the legislation has lapsed and as the numbers of Superfund site increase, concerns are growing about the safety of nearby residents.
1:31:37 - 1:33:43 (02:05)
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Superfund sites are areas deemed so toxic that special legislation was created to manage them, but the legislation has lapsed and as the numbers of Superfund site increase, concerns are growing about the safety of nearby residents.
ChapterCory Booker Talks About Environmental Injustice in Low-Income Communities
Episode#233: Cory Booker -- Street Fights, 10-Day Hunger Strikes, and Creative Problem-Solving
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Pig farming in the US is causing hazardous health problems to both adults and children residing in those areas.
1:33:43 - 1:35:59 (02:16)
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Pig farming in the US is causing hazardous health problems to both adults and children residing in those areas. The excrement produced by pigs in these factory farms is leading to a considerable amount of diseases and birth deformities among human beings.
ChapterCory Booker Talks About Environmental Injustice in Low-Income Communities
Episode#233: Cory Booker -- Street Fights, 10-Day Hunger Strikes, and Creative Problem-Solving
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
The mayor of Newark, New Jersey talks about the importance of having an irrational commitment to one another as fellow Americans and how it honors the division that the country was founded upon.
1:35:59 - 1:37:36 (01:36)
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The mayor of Newark, New Jersey talks about the importance of having an irrational commitment to one another as fellow Americans and how it honors the division that the country was founded upon.
ChapterCory Booker Talks About Environmental Injustice in Low-Income Communities
Episode#233: Cory Booker -- Street Fights, 10-Day Hunger Strikes, and Creative Problem-Solving
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
Former Mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, urges listeners to take action and not let the overwhelming nature of social issues undermine their determination to combat them.
1:37:36 - 1:40:02 (02:26)
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Former Mayor of Newark, Cory Booker, urges listeners to take action and not let the overwhelming nature of social issues undermine their determination to combat them.