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November 25, 2016 07:42 am PST

The only person to go to prison for a string of corporate pollution scandals was a crusading scientist who exposed them

Tennie White outside of her home in Jackson, Mississippi. Currently on house arrest after 32 months in prison, Tennie cannot walk farther than her mailbox. Ms. White helped to uncover contaminated areas from the Kerr McGee site and was later charged with tampering with evidence during court trials against the company for environmental pollution. During her prison sentencing, the judge assured Tennie she would receive medical attention for her cataracts, for which she was already planning to undergo surgery. Being refused the appropriate medical care, she is now legally blind after being released to her home.

Tennie White is a lab owner who became a relentless crusader for environmental justice for black towns and neighborhoods where giant corporations dumped toxic chemicals and walked away scot free; her work resulted in one giant company, Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation restructuring (under Lehmann Brothers' guidance) into a company that held all its pollution and pension liabilities (which went bankrupt) and a profitable division that held onto the assets built through all that pollution, which was sold off, erasing all responsibility for the executives who'd poisoned their workers and black communities. (more…)


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