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“Two national studies ... described how hazardous waste facilities were consistently located in places where people of color tended to live. This fact is so persistent that race is the very best predictor of the presence of pollutants, even when controlled for other factors such as income and property values.” #science #FlintWaterCrisis #environmentalracism

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“The accolades made the station‘s Steve Carmody uneasy. He was proud of what the news service had done, but he also thought about what might have been different. ‘It just gnaws on me,‘ Carmody said, ‘that when people were saying they can‘t drink this water in May or June of 2014, I was taking “Don‘t worry, it‘s safe,” as an answer from state officials.‘”