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Pollution for the Poor

  • Organization: NCRCR
  • Date Created: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
  • Submitted: Wednesday, December 28, 2005
  • Attachment(s): HTM
The Associated Press conducted an analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data and shows that low-income people of color suffer the most from environmental pollution. In fact, African Americans are 79 percent more likely than whites to live where industrial pollution poses the greatest danger.