Title: (Reports 3 of 12) "More Blacks Overburdened with Dangerous Pollution: Associated Press Study of U.S. EPA Risk Scores Confirms Two Decades of EJ Findings"
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According to Robert D. Bullard (article can be found at http://www.ejrc.cau.edu/BullardAPEJ.html), the AP study confirms two decades of environmental justice reports showing race maps closely with pollution. African Americans are about 80 percent more likely than whites to live in neighborhoods where industrial pollution is suspected of posing the greatest health danger. Dr. Bullard is also author of a new book entitled, "The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution" (Sierra Club Books, 2005). Robert D. Bullard, Ph.D, is director of the Environmental Justice Resource Center at Clark Atlanta University.