Environmental Justice: A Civil Rights Issue?

The NAACP annouces its intention to sue the lead-paint industry, calling exposure to the paint a "civil rights issue."

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July 16, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

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.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: From equal access to environmental justice

Sunday, July 15, 2001 in The Christian Science Monitor

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