A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
Harriet A. Washington [WASHINGTON, HARRIET A.]A "powerful and indispensable book" on 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 less than $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 IQ.
Nearly two out 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 from 2003 to 2015 were African-American.
درجه (قاطیغوری(:
کال:
2019
خپرندویه اداره:
Little, Brown
ژبه:
english
ISBN 10:
0316509426
ISBN 13:
9780316509428
فایل:
EPUB, 1.47 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2019