Matt Nesvet

Collaborative science is the most impactful science. Our research team has worked closely for the last year with Ethos Chicago, Anne Holcomb, Karen Roothaan & other leaders & community leaders to empower SE Chicago's residents to find out what's in the soil and dust in their neighborhoods and homes.

“To those who say a billion-dollar development should have some benefit for the community, addressing environmental problems on the grounds of Quantum Shore without testing for or removing heavy metals and other toxins in surrounding neighborhoods does not answer these concerns,” Nesvet said.

"According to Nesvet, preliminary results show dangerous concentrations of lead, arsenic, chromium and manganese inside and outside the Quantum Shore project’s perimeter..." [including in neighborhoods & homes surrounding the site].

Southeast Side residents push for benefits as Chicago quantum campus moves forward Activists want a meet with the developer and state representatives to secure a community benefits agreement.

Today's ChicagoTribune.com covers a study I've been working on w/ gabefilippelli.bsky.social (IUI Center for Urban Health), other researchers & SE Chi env justice groups. We used citizen science to find env toxins in & around a brownfield steel plant. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/14/c...