Racially segregated communities in the United States are exposed to airborne toxic metals at a rate that’s nearly 10 times higher than more well-integrated areas, according to a new study published Tuesday.
also found that highly segregated locations were exposed to two times the degree of total air pollution of well-integrated communities.
In the study, researchers analyzed data showing that not all air pollution is “created equal,” said Jack Kodros, lead researcher on the study and previously an environmental scientist at Colorado State University.
“We now have an opportunity to invest significant federal funding into communities like Black communities that experience this harm the most,” said Abre’ Conner, the NAACP’s director of environmental and climate justice. “We must continue to center Black communities and communities of color in any solutions and investments regarding environmental injustices.
In highly segregated counties, the average mass proportion of all fine-particulate metals associated with human-caused emissions was three to 12 times higher than in well-integrated ones, the study found. Toxic particulate metal concentrations from human activities were on average 30 to 75 percent higher in highly segregated counties than moderately segregated counties and five to 20 times higher in highly segregated counties compared with well-integrated counties.
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