‘Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act’ links poor health outcomes to environmental racism, climate change
By Steve Bynum
‘Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act’ links poor health outcomes to environmental racism, climate change
By Steve Bynum
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Reset talks with an epidemiologist whose research powered a pending Congressional bill. The “Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act of 2021” links poor maternal health outcomes for Black women to climate change and environmental racism
GUESTS: Karen Weigert, Reset sustainability contributor; executive vice president at Slipstream, a clean energy innovation non-profit; former chief sustainability officer, city of Chicago
Dr. Rupa Basu, chief of the air and climate epidemiology section at the California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment