Dr. MyDzung Chu is an environmental epidemiologist at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies at Tufts Medical Center and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss her recent research on the dehumanizing work conditions for migrant farmworkers in Michigan and what we can do to address these injustices.
Dr. Lisbeth Iglesias-Ríos joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss why we must advocate for better workplace conditions for the people who grow our food.
Senior Agents of Change fellow Michelle Gin speaks with Michael Xiong of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency about the dangers of skin lightening products that contain mercury.
“El término de justicia ambiental no llegó hasta más tarde. Cuando comenzó el movimiento de los trabajadores agrícolas, ya estaba sucediendo pero no es como se llamaba”.
“The environmental justice term didn’t come until later. When the farmworker movement started it was already happening but it's not what it was called.”
Michelle Gin, MPH is an Environmental Health Supervisor for Community Outreach and Engagement in the Environmental Health Division of Ramsey County Public Health Department in Minnesota.
