1.0 link 71189 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/majora-carter/making-cities-sustainable_b_71189.html A low-income single mom takes her child to a high-cost emergency room for an asthma attack late at night. She is less productive at work the next day, and might get fired if it happens too often. She and her child are more likely to suffer from obesity and diabetes because trucks, poor air quality, and lack of local parks discourage healthy physical activity. Locating sewage treatment plants, power plants, coal mines, intensive truck traffic for hauling products and waste...

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