Terri Swearingen
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Terri Swearingen is a nurse from the state of Ohio
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She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
in 1997, for organizing the protests against Waste Technologies Industries toxic waste incinerator in the Appalachian town of East Liverpool, Ohio. Swearingen's efforts influenced stricter nationwide limits for heavy metals and dioxin emissions from waste incinerators.
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
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She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize
Goldman Environmental Prize
The Goldman Environmental Prize is a prize awarded annually to grassroots environmental activists, one from each of the world's six geographic regions: Africa, Asia, Europe, Islands and Island Nations, North America, and South and Central America. The prize includes a no-strings-attached award of...
in 1997, for organizing the protests against Waste Technologies Industries toxic waste incinerator in the Appalachian town of East Liverpool, Ohio. Swearingen's efforts influenced stricter nationwide limits for heavy metals and dioxin emissions from waste incinerators.