Black Americans are twice as likely to be exposed to air pollution and more likely to be exposed to the most toxic pollution, experts say. As COVID-19 hits Black communities at more than double the rate of other groups, pollution may be partially to blame.
, diverse communities have also been hit more severely as demonstrators — inspired by the movement in the U.S. — seek to draw parallels with the systemic racism in their societies.
“It says something that you can plug your zip code into a website and you can see what your life expectancy is,” Hopkins said, “and it’s not the same for everyone. It’s not accidental, it’s unfair and it’s unjust.” “These areas have for so many years just been ignored and thought of as the place where bad things like the polluting facilities go,” she said. “African American communities just become like the dumping zones.”
PM2.5 are emitted from vehicles, power plants and other dirty industries and can consist of hundreds of different chemicals. They can enter the bloodstream through the lungs causing them to become inflamed. If the exposure to pollution is sustained, that inflammation can spread to other areas of the body like the cardiovascular system, Jerrett explained.
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