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Blog #8      Is there evidence of environmental racism in your community/state/country? o    Have you heard of environmental justice before?  §   I had never heard of environmental justice. I asked myself after this module how I could be so naive to think that this could be happening? I was shocked to learn that sites labeled for clean-up are prioritized by socioeconomic status and that penalties for breaking environmental law were lower near sites of minorities when compared to other sites. This is disturbing and awful. I do not understand how you can link value of land and the value of human life and well-being. §   To hear Peggy Shepard speak about some communities that do not have the wealth or complexion for protection and thus are “sacrifice zones” and are targeted for the deprotonate pollution is just unreal in 2019; how can this be happening? o    Have there been any environmental events in you...

Blog #7 ·    How does your community/area/country identify, manage, and pay for the cost of environmentally-related conditions? o     Currently in Monterey CA o     How can you, as a health care provider, help to alleviate those costs?  §    This is a challenging question; I truly wouldn’t know where to start to reduce cost. As tax payers a portion of that money goes to managing our environmental conditions, but how it is divided would be my first step. There may be some wiggle room on moving funds from one allocation to another. I also believe that foundations are a modern way to allow extra funds to be raised and allocated to a specific cause without having to be split between multiple areas. At this time, I would as a provider, to alleviate these cost, would encourage patients and family to reach out to foundations for assistance; I could not only educate and provide information, but also could provide support during...