CEH Work Study Digest

CEH Work Study Digest

Meet CEH’s Work Study students and learn how they’ve helped advance CEH’s mission while on our team. The UC Berkeley Work Study program gives students an opportunity to build professional skills and gain real-world work experience. We are always proud to celebrate our students and their contributions, especially during National Student Employment Week!

A Community’s Fight Against Air Pollution from Aviation Fuel

A Community’s Fight Against Air Pollution from Aviation Fuel

Maria Reyes is a Cassell community member and activist in San Jose, California living near the Reid-Hillview Airport. The following are words she wrote about the on-going fight to close the Reid-Hillview Airport whose use of leaded aviation gas and lack of sound barriers have polluted the surrounding communities and decreased their quality of life for decades.

Clearing the Skies: A Call to End the Silent Threat of Leaded Aviation Fuel

Clearing the Skies: A Call to End the Silent Threat of Leaded Aviation Fuel

When you think about sources of toxic lead exposure, you might recall the bans on leaded fuel for cars 27 years ago or leaded paint 18 years before that. Or perhaps you think of the 2014 lead-in-water poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan. Current data show, however, that a stunningly high source of lead pollution in the United States comes from leaded aviation fuel.