THE ORLANDO ADVOCATE - That statistic is predictably worse for blacks, who are 61% more likely than whites to live in an area where the air is unacceptably polluted, and three times more likely to live in a county where the already failing air-quality grades are continuing to fall. Environmental injustice continues.| By Kevin Seraaj, Orlando Advocate The American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report paints a dreary picture of the continuing negative environmental impacts this country have on the quality of breatheable air in our cities. According to the report, more than 40% of Americans are living with unhealthy air. That statistic is predictably […]
