Poor, Black and Dumped On

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dc.contributor.authorHERBERT, BOB
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:55Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:55Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractBob 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
dc.description.urihttps://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F1FFD3E540C768CDDA90994DE404482&legacy=true&status=nf
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/ubxe-84jc
dc.identifier.citationHERBERT, BOB (2006) Poor, Black and Dumped On. The New York Times. p. 29.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 639
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22677
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectChronic Illness & Diseases
dc.subjectenvironmental dumping
dc.subjectchemical plant
dc.subjectPCB
dc.subjectsystematic placement of hazardous facilities in black areas
dc.subjecthazardous waste landfill
dc.titlePoor, Black and Dumped On
dc.typeArticle

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