Environmental groups shut down street in front of Amazon HQ during Prime Day protest July 6, 2024
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“It’s critical that Amazon is held accountable for the damage its shipping and logistics network is causing in frontline communities,” said Dr. Christopher J. Covert-Bowlds, a board member and Climate and Health Task Force member of Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. “For more than 20 years, I’ve been treating asthma, bronchitis, and other respiratory ailments as a family medicine physician in Seattle. I have seen firsthand the damage that respiratory illness can do to a person’s quality of life. Study after study shows that proximity near last-mile fulfillment centers are associated with higher concentrations of heavy metal and other pollutants associated with higher incidence rates of these illnesses.”
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