Poor, Black and Dumped On
Poor, Black and Dumped On
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2006
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HERBERT, BOB (2006) Poor, Black and Dumped On. The New York Times. p. 29.
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Bob Herbert Op-Ed column on blacks afflicted by illness caused by environmental dumping in places like Anniston, Alabama, where chemical plant produced thousands of pounds of PCB for years; residents of poor, black neighborhood were found to have highest concentrations of PCB's in blood of anyone ever tested; charges that systematic placement of hazardous facilities in black areas is nothing less than unconscionable extension of Jim Crow policies