Ravenwood - 12/14/05 06:15 AM
The Ass. Press is reporting that pollution is not color blind, and hurts the poor and minorities the hardest.
An Associated Press analysis of a little-known government research project shows that black Americans are 79 percent more likely than whites to live in neighborhoods where industrial pollution is suspected of posing the greatest health danger.Common sense would say that's because white people tend to live out in the suburban and rural areas, while blacks tend to live downtown. But who am I to inject common sense, when racial politics are on the line?Residents in neighborhoods with the highest pollution scores also tend to be poorer, less educated and more often unemployed than those elsewhere in the country, AP found.
And of course don't forget to blame Bush. George Bush, who according to Kanye West hates black people, isn't doing anything to help.
The Bush administration, which has tried to ease some Clean Air Act regulations, says its mission isn't to alleviate pollution among specific racial or income groups but rather to protect everyone facing the highest risk."We're going to get at those folks to make sure that they are going to be breathing clean air, and that's regardless of their race, creed or color," said Deputy EPA Administrator Marcus Peacock.
Category: All Bush's Fault
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I don't know why anyone would think Bush is responsible for local problems. If smog is a problem is a problem in your city, talk to your mayor or city council. They're the ones with the best chance of making a change.
Posted by: Alcibiades at December 14, 2005 1:40 AM"Residents in neighborhoods with the highest pollution scores also tend to be poorer"
This would be stateing the obvious time again then. If I have two identical houses for sale, except than on is in a highly polluted area, which house will fetch the highest price?
Posted by: Chris at December 14, 2005 4:32 AMLooks like Chris beat me to this one...
Residents in neighborhoods with the highest pollution scores also tend to be poorer
Those living in polluted areas don't just happen to be poor, as the passage implies, but rather they live in those areas because they are poor.
You know, I've noticed that more people here in Cleveland tend to own snow-blowers than those in Houston. Perhaps the AP should write about that too. It may just mean that Northerners, including the poor and minorities, are hardest hit by snow.
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I understand where MEXICO CITY is the worlds most poluted city its even more smoggy then LA
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