A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind
by Harriet A. Washington
Publication Date: Aug 04, 2020
List Price: $17.99
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Classification: Nonfiction
ISBN13: 9780316509442
Imprint: Little, Brown Spark
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Parent Company: Lagardère Group
Description of A Terrible Thing to Waste: Environmental Racism and Its Assault on the American Mind by Harriet A. Washington
A "powerful and indispensable" look at the devastating consequences of environmental racism (Gerald Markowitz) and what we can do to remedy its toxic effects on marginalized communities — featuring a new preface on COVID-19 risk factors. Did you know…
- Middle-class African American households with incomes between $50,000 and $60,000 live in neighborhoods that are more polluted than those of very poor white households with incomes below $10,000.
- When swallowed, a lead-paint chip no larger than a fingernail can send a toddler into a coma — one-tenth of that amount will lower his IQ.
- Nearly two of every five African American homes in Baltimore are plagued by lead-based paint. Almost all of the 37,500 Baltimore children who suffered lead poisoning between 2003 and 2015 were African American.
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