Toxins hit poor, minority schoolchildren hardest - study

摘要

Black, Hispanic and low-income public school students in the United States are disproportionately exposed to air pollution, a new study has found. While black children account for 16 percent of the public school population, more than 25 percent of them attend schools most affected by air pollution, according to the study published in the journal Environmental Research. In comparison, white children make up 52 percent of public school students but 28 percent of them attend the worst-affected schools. The study looked at U.S. EPA and census data for nearly 90,000 public schools across the country. It also identified the five most polluted regions as New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and New Jersey's Jersey City and Camden.