David Baker | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Activist |
David A. Baker is an American activist. A former union organizer, Baker is the founder and director of Community Against Pollution.
Baker is from Anniston, Alabama. [1] As children, he and his younger brother Terry would play in ditches and cross the water in the ditches that were used for the Monsanto plant run-off.[ citation needed]
In 1970 [2] his brother died of brain and lung cancer at the age of 17. Baker believes that this was caused by PCBs in the environment. [3] Since then he has been instrumental in getting lawyers to represent the people who appear to be the victims of PCB poisoning. [4]
In 1995 while he was working for an environmental company, he accidentally discovered that the presence of PCB's had been covered up for 50 years. [5]
He is the founder and Executive Director of the organization Community Against Pollution. [6] [7]
He was also active in the organisation of a team of workers going to help in the clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. [8]
David Baker | |
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Nationality | American |
Occupation | Activist |
David A. Baker is an American activist. A former union organizer, Baker is the founder and director of Community Against Pollution.
Baker is from Anniston, Alabama. [1] As children, he and his younger brother Terry would play in ditches and cross the water in the ditches that were used for the Monsanto plant run-off.[ citation needed]
In 1970 [2] his brother died of brain and lung cancer at the age of 17. Baker believes that this was caused by PCBs in the environment. [3] Since then he has been instrumental in getting lawyers to represent the people who appear to be the victims of PCB poisoning. [4]
In 1995 while he was working for an environmental company, he accidentally discovered that the presence of PCB's had been covered up for 50 years. [5]
He is the founder and Executive Director of the organization Community Against Pollution. [6] [7]
He was also active in the organisation of a team of workers going to help in the clean-up of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. [8]