“We are very grateful for all of the support and information that Global Community Monitor has provided to our organization and our community, this organization was vital to the success we have had over the years and we hope that they will continue this vital service so that other communities like West Port Arthur TX can gain freedom from big polluters toxic chemical emissions.”

-Hilton Kelley, Community In-Power Development Association

“In 2003, when Denny Larson and GCM came to our community he provided us the skills and tools we needed to level the playing field. No longer were we victims, at the mercy of industry and the government to provide us with monitoring data, we became an empowered EJ group. When the agencies did nothing, we did it ourselves. We continue to hold industry and the government accountable to EJ communities. Thank you GCM for all you’ve done for Corpus Christi and for communities around the globe. Happy 10th Anniversary! Love, CFEJ.”

-Suzie Canales, Citizens for Environmental Justice

“The Bucket samples taken on the 18th and 19th September 2007, after an explosion and fire at the biggest chemical storage facility in South Durban, South Africa revealed that Bromomethane [methyl bromide] was 5100, which is 64 times the upper limit for chronic exposure, and 8 times above the World Health Organization’s standard. The samples also revealed chemicals like benzene and other toxics. Once again the bucket has shown that it has no equal when it comes to providing reliable information, as even the government sample did not reveal the exposure of these poisons."

-Desmond D’sa and Stephen Van Wyck, South Durban Community Environmental Alliance

“The residents have a tool to prove that the bad smell is not just bothersome, in fact it is toxic chemicals that pose a health threat.”

-Bessie Dent, Calumet Project, Whiting, India

“Viva la Bucket Brigade!”

-Sug McNall, Member of San Juan Citizen Alliance, Aztec, New Mexico

“Without the Bucket Brigade we would still be protesting on the side of the street.We contacted every agency, and not one would help us until the Bucket Brigade came to Pensacola and helped us to take our first air test. With that air test, the agencies started to take us seriously and pay attention.”

-Lawana Bazinet, Citizens Against Toxic Exposure, Pensacola, FL