Ray From Cleveland
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Yeah.......me too. I thought it was a joke or Onion piece, but it's not.
The air that Americans breathe isn't equal.
Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately breathe air that's been polluted by non-Hispanic whites, according to a study. This new research quantifies for the first time the racial gap between who causes air pollution – and who breathes it.
"Pollution is disproportionately caused by whites, but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic minorities," the study said.
Poor air quality remains the largest environmental health risk in the United States, the study warns. In fact, with 100,000 deaths per year, more Americans die from air pollution than car crashes and murders combined.
“Even though minorities are contributing less to the overall problem of air pollution, they are affected by it more,” said study co-author Jason Hill, an engineering professor at the University of Minnesota, who is white. “Is it fair (that) I create more pollution and somebody else is disproportionately affected by it?”
Study finds a race gap in air pollution — whites largely cause it; blacks and Hispanics breathe it
Just when you thought we abandoned the pollution argument and advanced to global warming, some leftist kook comes out with a study to bring it right back, only this time with a new twist.
It appears to me to be an act of desperation; trying to mobilize minorities to join the dying global warming movement using race. Question to you liberals: why don't you just come out and tell minorities you think they are dumber than a box of rocks? At least then you'd be honest about it.
The air that Americans breathe isn't equal.
Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately breathe air that's been polluted by non-Hispanic whites, according to a study. This new research quantifies for the first time the racial gap between who causes air pollution – and who breathes it.
"Pollution is disproportionately caused by whites, but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic minorities," the study said.
Poor air quality remains the largest environmental health risk in the United States, the study warns. In fact, with 100,000 deaths per year, more Americans die from air pollution than car crashes and murders combined.
“Even though minorities are contributing less to the overall problem of air pollution, they are affected by it more,” said study co-author Jason Hill, an engineering professor at the University of Minnesota, who is white. “Is it fair (that) I create more pollution and somebody else is disproportionately affected by it?”
Study finds a race gap in air pollution — whites largely cause it; blacks and Hispanics breathe it
Just when you thought we abandoned the pollution argument and advanced to global warming, some leftist kook comes out with a study to bring it right back, only this time with a new twist.
It appears to me to be an act of desperation; trying to mobilize minorities to join the dying global warming movement using race. Question to you liberals: why don't you just come out and tell minorities you think they are dumber than a box of rocks? At least then you'd be honest about it.
