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African-Americans and Hispanics breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making, a new study said.
On the other hand, non-Hispanic whites on average are exposed to 17 percent less air pollution than they make.
Several outside experts praised the research."These findings confirm what most grassroots environmental justice leaders have known for decades, 'whites are dumping their pollution on poor people and people of color'," said Texas Southern University public affairs professor Robert Bullard, who was not part of the research. Bullard, often called the father of environmental justice , is African-American.
poor people have no choice but to live with pollution and a lot of it is created by wealthier people
whites are dumping their pollution on poor people and people of color