Minorities in the US breathe in more air pollution caused by white people

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Black and Hispanic people are disproportionately exposed to air pollution produced by white people, a study analyzing personal consumption has found

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lack and Hispanic people are disproportionately exposed to air pollution caused mainly by the consumer behaviours of white people in the US, according to a new study. Researchers call this “pollution inequity” (inequity is about unfair, avoidable differences and so it’s different to inequality which can simply describe uneven results).

Air pollution exposure matters; it is the largest environmental health risk factor in the US, adding up to about 100,00 deaths each year. In March, Christopher W Tessum and his colleagues of engineers and economists tried to quantify these differences in a study that was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Many analyses of environmental impact will concentrate on who inhales pollution (poorer communities, often located near coal-fired power plants) or else emitters (the power plants or factories themselves) rather than looking at the individual consumers who demand the products that result in the emissions. This study took a different approach by studying personal consumption – everything from agriculture consumption to the use of diesel vehicles.

The team found that white people and those of other races experience about 17% less air pollution exposure than is caused by their consumption. But black and Hispanic people inhale 56% and 63% excess exposure, respectively, relative to their consumption.

The researchers measured fine particulate matter (described as PM2.5), which are tiny particles narrower than a human hair that can be easily inhaled and get lodged deep into the lungs. The particles can cause cardiovascular problems, aggravate pre-existing conditions like asthma and increase mortality from things such as cancer, strokes and heart disease.

In recent years, these emissions in the US have fallen thanks in part to clean air rules, but the inequities remain.


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White people are the problem. White people need to do better.


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Mad Serb wrote: 12 Jun 2019, 14:55 Image
White people polluting people of colour's air food and water is not funny. Only racists laugh at such things.


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Minorities tend to live near or under major freeways


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IF YOU HATE WHITE PEOPLE, STOP USING THE PHONE, THE COMPUTER, THE LIGHT BULB,THE TV, THE CAR, THE AIRPLANE, THE AIR CONDITIONER, THE REFRIGERATOR, THE FLUSH TOILET ETC.
THE WHITE MAN INVENTED ALMOST EVERYTHING.
HEIL WHITEMAN, HEIL TRUMP!!!


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If you think dark people are inferior stop breathing their air, it's simple. Do it


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Oscar Mayer wrote: 16 Jun 2019, 04:28 If you think dark people are inferior stop breathing their air, it's simple. Do it
WHY? DARK PEOPLE INVENTED AIR? WAKE UP BOY, WHITE PEOPLE INVENTED EVERYTHING PEOPLE ENJOY. HEIL TRUMP


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I'll be in the city in August and that's when I plan to kick your skinny ass, meatball.


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Oscar Mayer wrote: 16 Jun 2019, 04:39 I'll be in the city in August and that's when I plan to kick your skinny ass, meatball.
I WOULD LOVE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND AND BUY YOU A DRINK FIRST. I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED AND RESPECTED YOUR CRAZINESS.


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handshake with solid eye meet. Donald Trump is notorious for his lying hand


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Oscar Mayer wrote: 16 Jun 2019, 05:04 handshake with solid eye meet. Donald Trump is notorious for his lying hand
THX TO TRUMP MORE AMERICANS HAVE JOBS AND ARE ENJOYING LIFE.


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Donald Trump declared Canada a threat to United States national security.
He called us his enemy.


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Oscar Mayer wrote: 16 Jun 2019, 05:32 Donald Trump declared Canada a threat to United States national security.
THAT WAS A RUSE. HE HATES TRUDEAU AND SO DO I.


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Grab you by the fucking crotch. Mid August,, be there.


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Oscar Mayer wrote: 16 Jun 2019, 05:36 Grab you by the fucking crotch. Mid August,, be there.
GOOD LUCK ON THAT MATE. IT WILL NOT EVER HAPPEN.


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OSCAR, THEY CAN KICK ME OUT ANYTIME THEY WANT TO. UNTIL THEN, I AM YOUR KING.


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You'd let Donald or David Suzuki grab you but not me. What's up with that? bit of hero worship


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Oscar Mayer wrote: 16 Jun 2019, 05:45 You'd let Donald or David Suzuki grab you but not me. What's up with that? bit of hero worship
I LIKE YOUR SENSE OF HUMOUR BIGTIME. I WOULD NOT EVEN LET THEIR WIVES GRAB ME. I AM IN LOVE WITH AN IRISH NURSE--ONE SIDED BOOHOO


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I LEARNED ABOUT LIVING WHILE DYING



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Like as if
Shads of


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This whole thread is preposterous. Air pollution is caused by the corner-cutting and dumping of business greed, not by any race as such. And because a fly sits on your ass doesn't mean you've won the lottery. This accusation is like blaming high interest rates on the phases of the moon!


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Consider the source.


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