Research Roundup: More Hazardous Waste Facilities Located in Minority Areas
New research from the University of Michigan shows that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately placed in poor, minority neighborhoods.
Dr. Paul Mohai, a professor in UM’s School of Natural Resources and Environment, is the lead author of the study, called “Toxic Waste and Race at Twenty 1987-2007, Grassroots Struggles to Dismantle Environmental Racism in the United States.” He says minorities are living in the areas where hazardous waste facilities have decided to locate.
The report suggests that demographic changes that began before the hazardous waste sites were selected continued afterwards.
