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Study: Poor Minorities Still Denied Environmental Justice
A new report, "Toxic Wastes and Race at Twenty, 1987-2007: Grassroots Struggles to Dismantle Environmental Racism in the United States,'' shows disproportionately large numbers of people of color still live near hazardous waste, are not equally protected by environmental laws and that states like Michigan have the biggest disparities.
COMPANION RESOURCES
:: Environmental Racism Rising in U.S.
:: Environmental Racism Still Major Problem, Report Confirms
:: People of Color More Concentrated Near Hazardous Waste
:: Environmental Justice: The Birth of a Movement
:: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
- What is environmental justice?
- How does hazardous waste harm the environment and affect people? Does toxic pollution cause disease?
- Why are people of color and poor people disproportionately affected?
- Do you recognize environmental racism in your own community? In nearby communities? How long has the situation been that way?
- Have instances of environmental racism actually increased, or have the methods of reporting these instances improved? If so, how?
- Is there federal or state legislation that addresses environmental justice? Why?
- What does the Environmental Protection Agency do? Is it successful? Why?
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