Environmental Justice: A Civil Rights Issue?

An estimated 40% of homes in the U.S. still have lead-based paint, and Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates that it would cost $500 billion to remove lead paint from these 38 million affected home. "While ... the toxic paint is not just a black problem but "is everywhere these houses [with lead-based paint] exist," the reality is that low-income and African-American children are far more likely than others to live in such a home.