Communities of color bear a disproportionate burden from pollution, research shows. But using race to allocate federal help could result in legal problems.
Communities of color bear a disproportionate burden from pollution, research shows. But using race to allocate federal help could result in legal problems.
People of Color Breathe More Hazardous Air. The Sources Are Everywhere.
Researchers uncovered stark disparities between white people and minorities across thousands of categories of pollution, including trucks, industry, agriculture and even restaurants.
A home near the Marathon Petroleum Company refinery in River Rouge, near Detroit.Credit.Emily Rose Bennett for The New York Times
April 28, 2021
Over the years, a mountain of evidence has brought to light a stark injustice: Compared with white Americans, people of color in the United States suffer disproportionately from exposure to pollution.
Now, a new study on a particularly harmful type of air pollution shows just how broadly those disparities hold true. Black Americans are exposed to more pollution from every type of source, including industry, agriculture, all manner of vehicles, construction, residential sources and even emissions from restaurants. People of color more broadly, including Black and Hispanic people and Asia
Adrienne L. Hollis, climate justice and health scientist
Hollis work: Hollis oversees the development and implementation of programs to measure and track the health impacts of climate change on communities of color and other traditionally disenfranchised groups at the Union of Concerned Scientists, according to the organization s website. She is developing new research to understand how climate change affects health and makes policy recommendations to foster inclusiveness and greater benefits to underserved communities. (Read more here.)
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Adrienne Hollis, Senior Climate Justice and Health Scientist at the Union of Concerned Scientists
The diversity she has observed in her career: Hollis began her research on issues related to health effects from ozone exposure more than 30 years ago, she says. During that time, there was very little or no diversity in related industries or companies, and very little in academic studies in general.
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Adrienne L. Hollis, climate justice and health scientist
Hollis work: Hollis oversees the development and implementation of programs to measure and track the health impacts of climate change on communities of color and other traditionally disenfranchised groups at the Union of Concerned Scientists, according to the organization s website. She is developing new research to understand how climate change affects health and makes policy recommendations to foster inclusiveness an