A new study released March 11 says African-Americans and Hispanics breathe in far more deadly air pollution than they are responsible for making. In the United States, the problem is disproportionately caused by the white majority, but its consequences are suffered mainly by blacks and Hispanics. The research confirms with new statistical certainty the determination that racial and ethnic minorities are acutely vulnerable to air pollution because of the neighborhoods in which they live. They bear the burden of 17 percent less air pollution than is generated by their own consumption. “It seems even more unfair that some groups are more exposed to air pollution when one looks at who’s actually contributing to those unequal exposures,” he said.

Source: Washington Post March 12, 2019 08:59 UTC