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Environmental Racism - Coggle Diagram
Environmental Racism
Communities of color
Cheaper for corporations to pollute communities of color than white communities.
Air pollutants
"Cancer alley"
Referred to as new form of slavery
Lead Risk
Milwaukee
Black people segregated to older parts of the city and having higher risk of lead poisionings
Incarcerated people research and links to lead poisoning.
Related health issues with being lead poisoned
Water
Access to safe and clean water
Flint Michigan water crisis
Politics
Demographic of Flint
PCPS and chemical pollutants
Dwindling freshwater supply
Who will get water priorites?
Medical
Cancers from air quality, lead poisoning, etc
Farmers
Small % of POC who own land/farm
NIMBY
Unhoused people
Native Americans
Segregated to unlivable areas
Unless area has resources of value, then kicked off
Toxic waste facilities, garbage dumps, etc in near vincinity