Part Three / How it Affects Us

3.10 Environmental Racism

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  1. emissions of chloroprene … at 755 times the guidance Laughland, O., ‘School at centre of Guardian’s Cancer Town series may move students due to air pollution’, Guardian, 24 August 2019, https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/aug/24/reserve-louisiana-elementary-school-air-pollution.

    three to five times more likely … an asthma attack Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, ‘Asthma disparities in America’, 2020, https://www.aafa.org/asthma-disparities-burden-on-minorities.aspx.

    25 per cent of the historical emissions Ritchie, H., ‘Who has contributed most to global CO2 emissions?’, Our World in Data, 1 October 2019, https://ourworldindata.org/contributed-most-global-co2.