Study Claims Blacks and Hispanics Suffer the Most by Pollution Caused by Whites
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A new study seems to claim that pollution is somehow racist, claiming that the air that Americans breathe isn't equal.
According the study, co-authored by Jason Hill, an engineering professor at the University of Minnesota, "Pollution is disproportionately caused by whites, but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic minorities."
Hill argued that while the air in the U.S. has gotten cleaner in the past decade, what he calls “pollution inequity” has remained high.
The study claims that black and Hispanic Americans bear a "pollution burden,” breathing a higher percentage of pollution caused by whites, while whites experience a "pollution advantage," meaning they breathe about 17 percent less air pollution than whites cause.
Corrie O'Connor
