How US redlining led to an air pollution crisis 100 years later
Study of 200 cities shows dangerous environmental inequality fueled by 20th-century practice dividing cities along racial lines
Source: theguardian.com
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How Air Pollution Across America Reflects Racist Policy From the 1930s
A new study shows how redlining, a Depression-era housing policy, contributed to inequalities that persist decades later in U.S. cities.
Source: nytimes.com
45M Americans breathing dirty air due to redlining, outlawed 50 years ago: research
Nearly 50 million Americans are exposed to higher levels of air pollution as a result of discriminatory “redlining” policies decades after the practice was officially outlawed, according to research published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology Letters.
Source: thehill.com
Redlining Means 45 Million Americans Breathe Dirtier Air, 50 Years Later
"Decades of federal housing discrimination did not only depress home values, lower job opportunities and spur poverty in communities deemed undesirable because of race. It’s why 45 million Americans are breathing dirtier air today, according to a landmark study released Wednesday."
Source: sej.org
Formerly Redlined Neighborhoods Continue to Suffer Disparate Air Pollution
How did ZIP codes become such powerful determinants of public health? New new evidence of the disparate air pollution of redlined neighborhoods partly answers that question.
Source: planetizen.com