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O-I Plastic Products. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
In the Almagro neighborhood, the Detect Plan is carried out to find positive cases of COVID-19. A woman is disinfected before entering the testing facility.
Argentina 06-22-2020
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - JULY 22: A girl runs in the woods of Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After the government announced the relaxation of the restrictions, the City of Buenos Aires begins a new phase of closure.
Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background. Fracking on the field continues to spark conroversey for the over one million residents who live within 5 miles of the oil field. Baldwin Hill, Los Angeles,, California, USA
Argentina August 8, 2020: An old woman crosses herself in front of a religious image in the Pompeya neighborhood. The curve of contagions by Covid-19 in the Buenos Aires suburbs, and also in the City of Buenos Aires, is on the rise, setting daily records. The last part confirmed the Metropolitan Region as the main focus of the pandemic in the national territory,
Argentina, City of Buenos Aires August 13, 2020: Social organizations held the 9th Day of Popular Pots in the Obelisk, within the framework of the health emergency caused by COVID-19 and the economic and social crisis of these popular sectors. They demand that their unpaid work be recognized as essential for the task they carry out.
Argentina, Olivos, July 14, 2020: Social organizations delivered a petition in the Quinta de Olivos, where they demand an audience with President Alberto Fernandez to ask for the crisis caused by the quarantine of COVID-19. The tightening of preventive and compulsory social isolation will rule at least until July 17 in the city of Buenos Aires.
Old shack and railroad yards. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
Argentina, City of Buenos Aires August 11, 2020: The flight crew carried out a street intervention at the door of the Chilean Embassy. LATAM made a caravan from Aeroparque, passing through the Chilean embassy to the Obelisk, demanding the work.
The children, who have been working since sunrise, literally crash and lie down to sleep in the dirt beside the hole where they work. Nuru (13), and Kongo (15), are covered with just one blanket and lie close to each other to keep warm during the night at Gangaol site near Bani.
Bani, Burkina Faso
29.07.2014
Suleyman (51) is standing on the bottom of a hole which not so long was full of rain water. In the dry season he has to buy the water for panning.
Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
Karuna (25) is using mercury to extract gold from the rest of the particles which is highly dangerous because this very toxic element is handled with his bare hands.
Bani, Burkina Faso
20.07.2014
A metal chrome plating facility was closed with the help of CBE in 1998 after cancer levels spiked in nearby Suva Elementary School from. The facility gave off high levels of Hexavalent Chromium. CBE (Communities for a Better Environement) Toxic Tour takes attendees through various toxic sites in and around Los Angeles, Bell Gardens, Los Angeles, California, USA
Archer Daniels Midland grain car in train yards in Vernon. Located just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Vernon's official slogan is "Exclusively Industrial" and at the last census had a population of 91. Los Angeles, California, USA
CBE helped close Aggregate Recycling Center (ARS), a cement recycling plant, after residents experienced health problems from the dust. The clean-up of "La Montaña" began in 2002. CBE (Communities for a Better Environement) Toxic Tour takes attendees through various toxic sites in and around Los Angeles, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, California, USA
Archer Daniels Midland grain car in train yards in Vernon. Located just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Vernon's official slogan is "Exclusively Industrial" and at the last census had a population of 91. Los Angeles, California, USA
Argentina, Recoleta, July 15, 2020: in the Recoleta neighborhood, swabs are performed to detect COVID-19 to those residents who have had direct contact with an infected person. The tightening of preventive and compulsory social isolation will rule at least until July 17 in the city of Buenos Aires.
Plan DETECT operation in the Palermo neighborhood where people with symptoms compatible with the COVID-19 come to carry out the tests. Argentina, June 24, 2020.
Oil refinery in Carson next to the Dominguez Channel, a 15.7 mile stream that drains the Dominguez Watershed. Carson, California, USA
Mural on the side Farmer John meat processing plant in Vernon. Farmer John produces a variety of Pork products. Located just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Vernon's official slogan is "Exclusively Industrial" and at the last census had a population of 91. Los Angeles, California, USA
ORV Alguita moored in Long Beach for the Plastics are Forever Youth Summit - March 11, 2011. The Summit brought over 130 students and teachers from around the world to work together to find solutions to plastic pollution and toxicity. Hotel Maya, Long Beach, California
Argentina, July 24, 2020: Barrios de Pie made a symbolic popular pot, in the Obelisk, claiming for lack of food in soup kitchens in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Argentina, Palermo 02-02-2020: A man runs away as recreational outings are still in effect. The extension of social, preventive and compulsory isolation in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) will be until August 16, with the same restrictions and protocols against COVID-19.
Argentina, Recoleta, July 15, 2020: in the Recoleta neighborhood, swabs are performed to detect COVID-19 to those residents who have had direct contact with an infected person. Health personnel carry out house-to-house surveys of those who are infected, and the tightening of preventive and compulsory social isolation will be in force until at least July 17 in the city of Buenos Aires.
Nuru (13) cannot recall how long he has worked here. He has never been to school and does not know how to read or write. He is upset because his brother, who he works with, is angry at him for not processing enough material through a machine that they have to pay for daily. However, he quickly says that mining is still better than working on the fields back home "you farm the land, but don’t earn anything," he says, adding that he is not afraid of working in the mines.
Argentina, City of Buenos Aires August 18, 2020: Health Personnel working in a Febrile Emergency Unit at the door of Durand Hospital during the COVID-19 quarantine
Captain Charles Moore talks to students at the Plastics are Forever Youth Summit - March 11, 2011. The Summit brought over 130 students and teachers from around the world to work together to find solutions to plastic pollution and toxicity. Hotel Maya, Long Beach, California
Oil refinery in Carson next to the Dominguez Channel, a 15.7 mile stream that drains the Dominguez Watershed. Carson, California, USA
In an established gold field, such as this one at Gangaol, the holes are dug closer and closer together. Occasionally, the excess digging creates weaknesses, causing the walls to collapse. Last year, four miners died when a line of pits too close to each other collapsed, burying the miners. Their bodies will never be recovered. Nobody is digging here anymore.
Bani, Burkina Faso
22.07.2014
Sara Lee plant in Vernon with large bagels on the side of the silos. Located just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Vernon's official slogan is "Exclusively Industrial" and at the last census had a population of 91. Los Angeles, California, USA
Plan DETECT operation in the Palermo neighborhood where people with symptoms compatible with the COVID-19 come to carry out the tests. Argentina, June 24, 2020.
Argentina, City of Buenos Aires August 11, 2020: The flight crew carried out a street intervention at the door of the Chilean Embassy. LATAM made a caravan from Aeroparque, passing through the Chilean embassy to the Obelisk, demanding the work.
Argentina, City of Buenos Aires, August 13, 2020: A group of activists protested at the Obelisk over the agreement with China to produce pork in Argentina
O-I Plastic Products. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon’s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it’s residents.
Old shack and railroad yards. Vernon, just south of downtown Los Angeles, is an incorporated city made up almost entirely of factories, warehouses and other industries that are serviced by the many railroads that run through and near to it. It currenlty has a population of 91 but has an estimated 54,000 workers employed by Vernon?s industries. Toxic emissions and pollution from Vernon affects neighboring communities such as Huntington Park, a town that has been nicknamed Asthmaville because of the respiratory health effects on it?s residents.
Argentina, Palermo 02-02-2020: A greengrocer employee uses a face mask in the colors of the Boca Juniors soccer team. The extension of social, preventive and compulsory isolation in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) will be until August 16, with the same restrictions and protocols against COVID-19. In the City of Buenos Aires, neighborhood store openings will continue with the respective health protocols.
Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background. Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles,, California, USA
Sara Lee plant in Vernon with large bagels on the side of the silos. Located just a few miles from downtown Los Angeles, Vernon's official slogan is "Exclusively Industrial" and at the last census had a population of 91. Los Angeles, California, USA