1.0 link 111566 <![CDATA[Environmental Racism Takes Hold In California]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/olivia-zaleski/environmental-racism-take_b_111566.html Don't we all deserve clean air? The answer seems obvious, but in the predominantly Latino, Black and poverty-stricken neighborhoods of Southern Los Angeles many--especially young children--are left wondering.

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Source: 1996 Toxic Release Inventory (U.S. EPA), 1990 U.S. Census. Via SundanceChannel.com.

As illustrated by the above map, people of color live--overwhelmingly--within life-threatening confines of toxic release facilities. Here, pollution from power plants, refineries, industrial waste facilities and...

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