Ellen Cantarow

Ellen Cantarow first wrote from Israel and the West Bank in 1979. Her writing has been published in the Village Voice,Grand Street, Mother Jones, Alternet, Counterpunch and ZNet, and anthologized by the South End Press. She is also lead author and general editor of an oral history trilogy, "Moving the Mountain: Women Working for Social Change."

The Downwinders: Fracking Ourselves To Death In Pennsylvania

A new generation of downwinders is getting sick as an emerging industry pushes high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

Ellen Cantarow
By Ellen Cantarow

More than 70 years ago, a chemical attack was launched against Washington State and Nevada. It poisoned people, animals, everything that grew, breathed air, and drank water. The Marshall Islands were also struck. This formerly pristine Pacific atoll was branded “the most contaminated place in the world.” As their cancers developed, the victims of

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