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2025 Environmental Science, Justice, and Healing Series
The Series will focus on amplifying local community advocates in our collective goal of remedying environmental injustices while highlighting science and healing as integral aspects of action. Attendees will engage with community members, organizations, and academic researchers who share a mission to address environmental injustices, strengthen community-academic partnerships, and improve health outcomes in our region.
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We are scientists and survivors.
LEARN MOREWe are changemakers and caretakers.
We are leaders in healthcare and business, philanthropy and community, representing organizations across sectors.
We are grounded in science, committed to prevention, and focused on the reduction of hazardous chemicals in our air, water, food, homes, workplaces, and products.
We are diverse in our perspectives, yet united in our vision for a cancer-free Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Reducing Pollution:
Critical Pathway for Cancer Prevention
A Southwestern Pennsylvania Declaration
"The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment.”
Article 1, Section 27, PA Constitution
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In the aftermath of the toxic tragedy of the train derailment in East Palestine, the Cancer and Environment Network of Southwestern Pennsylvania (CENSWPA) is troubled by the lack of a coordinated public health response necessary to research and respond to health concerns now and into the future.
Regional Network Calls on NIH and CDC to Establish a Public Health Research Infrastructure in the Wake of Toxic Disaster