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P.O. Box 934
Lakewood, NJ 08701

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An evaluation of 36 affordable housing projects in Minnesota reported 70% of building materials, which are common across the national building industry, were considered the most polluting and unhealthy. The good news is alternatives are available.

Raritan Bay Area YMCA breaks ground on NJ’s First Passive House design duplex for lowest income residents

Through funding from Rutgers University’s NJ Climate Change Resource Center (https://njclimateresourcecenter.rutgers.edu/), PEHKA is supporting Raritan Bay Area YMCA’s new Affordable Passive Housing project in Perth Amboy. The Project is in its early stages of planning but has a new building construction site and several partnerships in place through their affiliate YMCA Housing, including Coming Home Middlesex County, and their affiliate and a local architectural firm.

Blaming homeless people for housing policy that fails the lowest income residents? Or is this another attempt to prepare the plaza for redevelopment https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lakewood-cuts-down-trees-in-town-square-to-discourage-homeless-from-gathering/ar-AA12bNvl

PFAS, PFOS, and others linked to cancer, reproductive disruptions, cholesterol, endocrine disruptions and other chronic illnesses are a serious problem in drinking and surface water in NJ and elsewhere. National Academies report recommends testing

NJ PFAS Map https://peer.org/areas-of-work/public-health/pfas/pfas-map/

Pres. Biden can stop the assault on our waters, indigenous lands, and climate by ending the permits for pipelines 3 & 5. https://act.nrdc.org/letter/5971-kxl-pipeline-victory-210614?akid=s804356..xOwxZ4&fbclid=IwAR1uVE6XUiDoNdpFj936qQxVE3lNsDlHeC59dBzl-pwbGwFeLYEriU76FJk

Denmark to ban PFA’s in food packaging

The Housing Crisis in Puerto Rico and the Impact of Hurricane Maria

Mixtures of chemicals commonly found in consumer products more likely to increase breast cancer risk than the same chemicals individually.

Closures of polluting plants in Pittsburgh and California associated with fewer asthma emergency room visits and lower preterm birth rate, respectively.

Groundbreaking workers’ compensation case makes a connection between environmental exposures and cancers.

US Consumer Product Safety Commission issues permanent ban of several classes of phthalates found in products and toxic to children.

Most of Puerto Rico’s public schools remain closed and face privatization interests much like Post-Katrina New Orleans (Intercept).

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