Welcome to the
Forrest County Environmental Support Team online

This site is dedicated to Mississippi's Forrest County Environmental Support Team. Their continued effort to bring peace of mind and due compensation for the environmental damage in the area can be followed by use of this site.

It's all about the children.

FCEST meetings are held every other Thursday at 7pm at St. James Church, located at the corner of Country Club and Ashford. Need directions? CLICK HERE

Video: Confronting Creosote (2008)
by University of Southern Mississippi students Heather Sanchez and Ebony Beverly, in cooperation with the members of the FCEST

Breaking news

Robert Bullard. Poisoned Communities Put Spotlight on EPA Region 4. OpEdNews.com. Retrieved October 16, 2009: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Poisoned-Communities-Put-S-by-Robert-Bullard-091021-905.html

VOA News. Beverly Wright Tackles Environmental Racism. Retrieved October 18, 2009: http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2009-10-16-voa38.cfm

Hattiesburg American. September 3, 2009. Creosote believed found along creek.

Hattiesburg American. August 21, 2009. Millage hot topic for some seniors.

Several new documents now available:
- July 13, 2009: Tennie White to Hattiesburg Public School District
- June 10, 2009: Jon Mark Weathers to Sherri Jones
- 1995 court documents
- 1995 court documents, continued
- January 16, 1997: Miss. DEQ letter to Kerr-McGee
- March 8, 2001: Miss. DEQ letter to Mr. Brad Nix
- January 1, 2004: Miss. DEQ letter to Kerr-McGee

FCEST hosts Dillard University's Deep South Center for Environmental Justice
Click here for pictures

Two important environmental justice resources:
- Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development http://www.igsd.org
- International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement http://www.inece.org

Read the message from President Obama's Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, Lisa P. Jackson

Oxfam America. A Portrait of Mississippi Mississippi Human Development Report 2009.

USA Today report on schools and toxic air: Earl Travillion Attendance Center, Alpha Christian, Hattiesburg High, Central Baptist, Sacred Heart, and N.R. Burger Middle Schools among worst in U.S. Click here for WDAM report and here for USA Today report and here for local school rankings

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Releases: Facility Report

Toxic Neighbors?
Fetal Death Risk Near Hazardous Waste SitesToxic Neighbors?
Fetal Death Risk Near Hazardous Waste Sites

PAHs from the Inside Out: Birth Outcomes Vary among Ethnic Groups in NYC

Children's environmental health, 2008 highlights