0
0
0
According to the EPA, “White people are exposed to lower than average concentrations from emission source types causing 60 percent of overall exposure, whereas people of color experience greater than average exposures from source types causing 75 percent of overall exposure. The disparity generally held across states and urban and rural areas and occurs for people at all income levels.”
True freedom cannot exist while some neighborhoods are sacrifice zones and others are sanctuaries. We’re calling for clean land, air, and water for all.
Sources: New York Times, The Smithsonian, Earth Justice, The Howard Zinn Project, Truthout, Yale Environment 360
EPA Stat: https://www.epa.gov/sciencematters/study-finds-exposure-air-pollution-higher-people-color-regardless-region-or-income
Image on slide 1: An illustration of crowds of people, recently freed from enslavement, carrying copies of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1864. Hulton Archive via History.org
Image on slide 2: A house sits along the long stretch of River Road by the Mississippi River and the many chemical plants in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on October 12, 2013. Giles Clarke via Truthout
