EPA Chief’s Remarks Highlight Republican Double Standard On States’ Rights

A landmark EPA study published last year found that black Americans, on average, are exposed to 1.54 times more PM2.5 than the general population. The particulate matter, with diameters that are generally 2.5 micrometers and smaller, is among the most harmful air pollution. The fine-grained particles wedge themselves into the lungs and increase the likelihood of cancer. Black people breathe air that is 38% more polluted than the air their white compatriots are exposed to, an NAACP report found last year, and they are 75% more likely to live in neighborhoods abutting industrial sites. 

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