pesticides

July 23, 2021 - In 1982, a rural, Black North Carolina community suffered damages from a timber company's careless aerial application of toxic pesticides. The fight that ensued with state authorities led to local resident Billie Lee Rogers becoming a lifelong advocate for pesticide safety and environmental justice. Rogers passed away in June, and we share pesticide safety advocate Allen Spalt's remarks about her life and work delivered at her memorial service.

September 11, 2020 - A storm of historic proportions in a record-breaking year, Hurricane Laura and the damage it wrought are symptoms of the worsening global climate disaster. Striking a heavily industrialized corridor along the Louisiana-Texas border, Laura exacerbated ongoing environmental crises that are disproportionately hurting communities of color in the South.

May 19, 2017 - Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto's popular Roundup herbicide, is widely sprayed on crops throughout the South. But a class-action lawsuit brought by cancer patients accuses the company of failing to adequately warn people about the chemical's health risks.

August 1, 1999 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 27 No. 2, "No Easy Journey." Find more from that issue here.

November 1, 1983 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 11 No. 6, "Our Food." Find more from that issue here.

November 1, 1983 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 11 No. 6, "Our Food." Find more from that issue here.

March 1, 1983 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 11 No. 2, "Neighbors." Find more from that issue here.