Lessons of the 1937 Texas School Explosion

Reports of Interest   www. ombwatch.org

Toxic Pollution and Health: An Analysis of Toxic Chemicals Released in Community Across the United States (U.S PIRG - March 2007)
Using the 2004 TRI data, PIRG examined releases of chemicals known or suspected to cause serious health problems and identified states and localities that are bearing the brunt of this pollution.

Still Toxic After All These Years: Air Quality and Environmental Justice in the San Francisco Bay Area (Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community  February 2007)  The study documented environmental disparity by analyzing several different databases on toxic air emissions and concentrations from stationary facilities, such as factories and refineries, as well as mobile sources like traffic.

Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty: 1987-2007 (United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries - March 2007)
Follow-up report to the 1987 landmark study "Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States."  In it, communities of color show as much or more environmental injustice as reported in the 1987 study. 

Toxic Trains and the Terrorist Threat: How Water Utilities Can Get Chlorine Gas Off the Rails and Out of American Communities (Paul Orum  April 2007) 
Surveyed water utilities that still receive chlorine gas by rail and utilities that have eliminated chlorine railcars by switching to a less hazardous disinfectant.

Clouds of Injustice: Bhopal Disaster 20 Years On (Amnesty International  February 2004)  Details the events of the December 1984 chemical leak disaster, reports on in-depth research on the damage it caused, the history of the actions of people, the government and industry since, and recommendations for adequate remediation.