This initiative aims to increase literacy regarding everyday environmental health risks and ways to reduce risk for them and their children. As reported in the Emory News Center, “environmental exposures to substances like lead, BPA and pesticides can cause harm to mother and babies.” This can result in cancer, developmental delays, etc. As a person who was diagnosed with leukemia in the 5th grade, I believe that toxic exposure to health hazards is a real issue that needs more initiatives like this one.
Moreover, environmental exposures “disproportionately affect Black communities,” notes Jemea Dorsey (CEO of the CBWW). It is important to address both environmental health and environmental justice for such communities.
Environmental Science and Its Application to Health 