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Higher levels of toxic-metal air pollution seen in racially segregated communities

Summary by Ground News
People who live in racially segregated communities tend to breathe a more insidious form of air pollution. The pollution is made of a higher concentration of toxic metals like lead, cadmium and nickel. The toxic metals come from a variety of sources. Targeted emissions reductions could help right these exposure disparities, the authors said.

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Racially segregated communities breathing in air 3 times more concentrated with dangerous toxins, researchers say

New research is shedding to just how much higher proportions of dangerous toxins people in minority communities are breathing in.

1 year ago·United States
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Toxic metal pollution is 10 times worse in racially segregated communities

The study, published in Nature Communications, also found that highly segregated locations were exposed to two times the degree of total air pollution of well-integrated communities.

1 year ago
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The HillThe Hill

Higher levels of toxic-metal air pollution seen in racially segregated communities

Story at a glance Researchers assessed concentrations of metals like lead, cadmium and copper in air pollution. Industrial regions in the Midwest and shipping ports in coastal cities tended to be m…

1 year ago·Washington, United States
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Air Pollution in Racially Segregated Areas Holds Far More Toxic Metals, Scientists Find

These communities are excessively plagued by airborne particles known to cause cancer, a new study suggests.

1 year ago·New York, United States
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Racially segregated communities breathe in air 3 times more concentrated with toxins

New research is shedding to just how much higher proportions of dangerous toxins people in minority communities are breathing in.

1 year ago·Philadelphia, United States
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Racially segregated communities more vulnerable to toxic-metal air pollution, CSU study finds

For many decades, it’s been known that communities of color are exposed to more air pollution than their predominantly white counterparts. Now, a Colorado State University study has uncovered an even worse fact: People who live in the most racially segregated communities also tend to breathe a more insidious form of air pollution – made of a higher concentration of toxic metals like lead, cadmium and nickel ­– than people who live in more racial…

1 year ago·Washington, United States
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