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    by Harriet A. Washington

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    A "powerful and indispensable" (Gerald Markowitz) look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism, and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities.

    Did you know...

    Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of very poor white households with incomes below $10,000.


    When swallowed, a lead-paint chip no larger than a fingernail can send a toddler into a coma‚ one-tenth of that amount will lower his IQ.

    Nearly two of every five African American homes in Baltimore are plagued by lead-based paint. Almost all of the 37,500 Baltimore children who suffered lead poisoning between 2003 and 2015 were African American.