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EPA Administrator: Expand environmental discussion to Latinos, African-Americans

Written by huffingtonpost.com

Monday, 31 August 2009

Blacks die from asthma twice as often as whites, and have higher cancer mortality rates than any other group. Nearly 30 million Latinos -- 72 percent of the US Latino population -- live in places that don't meet US air pollution standards. Native American homes lack clean water at almost 10 times the national rate.

 

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