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Zahra manages Earthjustice's media relations for toxic exposure and health issues.

Light gray metal rectangle blocks attached to the rim of a car wheel, next to the tire.
July 23, 2024

Lead Wheel Weights Are the Deadly Car Accessory We Don’t Need or Want

By Zahra Ahmad  /  Toxic Exposure & Health Program

Earthjustice sued the EPA for failing to ban lead wheel weights, small metal bars that help balance tires but shed toxic lead into our air, water, and soil.

Jessica Conard looking at the camera with a pond in the background.
February 15, 2024

A Train Full of Toxic Chemicals Derailed in Her Town. Here’s What Her Community Needs Now.

By Zahra Ahmad  /  Toxic Exposure & Health Program

A year after the disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, advocates are still pushing for much-needed change.