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Toxic communities : environmental racism, industrial pollution, and residential mobility /

From St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have...

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Main Author:	Taylor, Dorceta E.
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : NYU Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Environmental justice > United States. Hazardous waste sites > Location > United States. Hazardous waste sites > Social aspects > United States. United States > Environmental conditions > Social aspects. Environmental justice > United States. Hazardous waste sites > Social aspects > United States. Hazardous waste sites > Location > United States. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure. SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. Environmental justice. Hazardous waste sites > Location. Hazardous waste sites > Social aspects. United States. Electronic books.
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