FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 8, 2025
[Los Angeles, CA] – Dim Girls for Wellness (BWW) is proud to announce the let fall of The Lifecycle of Plastic in South LA: Population Insights, a file that examines the environmental and reproductive justice affects of plastic air pollution at the Dim crowd in South Los Angeles. The file highlights crowd issues, insights, and proposed answers time emphasizing the pressing want for motion to mitigate hurt from the lifecycle of plastic.
To mark its let fall, BWW’s Environmental Justice group invitations crowd contributors to a unique founding match on Wednesday, April ninth, at 6 PM on the Museum of African American Artwork (Stage 2, Stanley Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Mall). Attendees will speak about its findings, the affects of plastic air pollution on fitness and neighborhoods, and jointly envision a extra sustainable week for South LA. Learn the full report and RSVP here to be a part of this noteceable dialog.
Environmental and Reproductive Justice: The Connection to Plastic
Plastic air pollution is not only a subject of plastic trash in our oceans – it’s an environmental and reproductive justice factor. Plastics are constituted of fossil fuels like oil and fuel, and their manufacturing releases poisonous chemical substances into our communities in parks just like the Inglewood Oil Ground — the biggest city oil ground within the U.S., situated in South LA. Publicity to those chemical substances, a lot of that are endocrine disruptors, is related to bronchial asthma, most cancers, infertility, preterm start, and coffee start weight. BWW fights for reproductive justice and we acknowledge that publicity to poisonous chemical substances and environmental hazards exacerbates fitness disparities.
“Globally and locally, the lifecycle of plastic is extremely harmful to our health, and each stage violates our human rights. Yet, too often, conversations focus solely on waste management, ignoring the lived experiences of Black communities and the reproductive justice implications,” mentioned Dr. Zoe Cunliffe & Tianna Shaw-Wakeman, BWW Environmental Justice Program Supervisor and Director. “This report uplifts insights from years of engagement with our South LA community, including 35 interviews with Leimert Park residents and business owners. It highlights the reproductive justice connection to plastic pollution and calls for environmental justice communities to lead the way in finding solutions. At BWW, we are committed to working with and for our community to bring these solutions to life.”
Key Findings from the Record
Population Insights at the Lifecycle of Plastic:
- Discovering 1: The Inescapability of Plastic. Dim citizens and staff really feel that plastic is unavoidable in South Los Angeles, affecting their day-to-day lives.
- Discovering 2: Plastic in On a regular basis Age. Plastic is particularly frequent in grocery retail outlets, speedy meals eating places, and faculties.
- Discovering 3: Structural Boundaries to Alternate. Citizens fear that systemic inequities and environmental racism will restrain South LA from gaining access to sustainable answers.
- Discovering 4: A Name for Reality and Responsibility. Many imagine that essential details about plastic’s fitness results has been withheld and that companies and policymakers will have to be held responsible.
Population-Based totally Answers Proposed through Dim Angelenos:
- Greater folk training in regards to the lifecycle of plastic and its fitness affects.
- More potent laws, and responsibility from companies and oil firms.
- Reparations for fitness harms, together with inexpensive or independent healthcare.
- Area people-led initiatives fixing issues related to plastic.
- Higher get right of entry to to and affordability of reusable and sustainable pieces.
Secured us on April ninth and be informed extra about Dim Girls for Wellness’ constancy to motion on a surrounding and global degree.
About Dim Girls for Wellness
Dim Girls for Wellness (BWW) is a nonprofit group dedicated to the fitness and well-being of Dim girls and women via training, advocacy, and empowerment. Our Environmental Justice group addresses problems comparable to community oil drilling, plastic air pollution, aqua component, and publicity to poisonous chemical substances in private and hair lend a hand merchandise.
CONTACT:
For media inquiries, please touch:
Myeisha Essex, Communications Director
Dim Girls for Wellness
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