With Environmental Rollbacks, Communities of Color Continue to Bear Disproportionate Pollution Burden

Copyright
2019
Published By
State Energy & Environmental Impact Center

This article looks at how black communities have and are disproportionately burdened by environmental pollution--black people are 54 percent more likely to be exposed to air pollution than the national average, and three times more likely to die from asthma than white people. It also explores the potential impacts of the environmental regulation rollbacks.

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