The study, which used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, found black people are exposed to about 56 percent more pollution than caused by their consumption.

Black and Hispanic citizens are exposed to more air pollution that is caused by the consumer habits of their white counterparts, a study demonstrates. Shawn Grant Jun 9, 2019 ...

White people in America, on average, breathe in around 17% less pollution than they create. Conversely, black and Hispanic Americans shoulder a “pollution burden” of 56% and 63% more exposure ...

Black seniors were found to be three times more likely to die from exposure to fine particle air pollution than white seniors. The U.S. experiences about 110,000 deaths annually from particle ...

In 2010, 95, 000 more Black people lived in the Midwest’s five largest cities than white people. Today, there are 105 , 000 more white residents than Black ones. “ Areas are up-and-coming, but ...

The average non-Hispanic white person has a “pollution advantage,” as they experience around 17 percent less air pollution exposure than is produced due to their consumption patterns.

Non-white people were exposed to potentially hazardous fine particle pollution from nearly all major U.S. emission sources, regardless of where they live or how much money they make.

About 670 per 100,000 older Black people died of air-pollution-related health conditions, a rate threefold that of white Americans, according to the analysis.The rate for white Americans was 210 ...

Industrial pollution has sickened and poisoned Black communities for decades. ... Black Americans in 19 states are 79 percent more likely to live with industrial pollution than white people.

Today, Black people are nearly four times as likely to die from exposure to pollution than White people. According to “Fumes Across the Fence-Line,” a study by the Clean Air Task Force ...

Thousands of Black and white protesters got a taste recently of what it is like to feel the agony of being gassed by the police. It was painful, sickening and scary. But citizens in western ...