Jesus People Against Pollution (JPAP)

Jesus People Against Pollution (JPAP) is a grassroots environmental justice organization located in Columbia, Mississippi. The organization was created in response to an explosion at a local chemical plant that resulted in severe exposure of the community to toxic substances.

JPAP has set out to educate and inform the impacted communities about the availability of toxicology and environmental health information so that the community can better understand the relationship between environmental exposure and disease.

Collaboration with the National Library of Medicine has enabled JPAP to purchase computer workstations to increase the community's ability to access the NLM's health information databases. NLM provided JPAP with training and has held workshops/sessions in which information was shared about NLM's products and services with other organizations in the Columbia, MS area. JPAP has also coordinated field trips for approximately 10 high school and/or college students from the Columbia, Mississippi area to visit the National Library of Medicine.

Last updated: 10 May 2005
First published: 05 May 2005
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