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In the News
A piece on environmental racism and the intersection between air pollution, environmental justice, and health. “…In late May, police officer Derek Chauvin forcibly knelt on the neck of 44-year-old George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As Floyd was pinned between the officer’s knee and the concrete street, he pleaded that he could not breathe — a phrase he gasped more than 20 times. In 8 minutes and 46 seconds, George Floyd was dead….” Read more here.
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"I Can't Breathe."- Black Americans and the burden of environmental racism
Published Aug. 11, 2021