tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5747569232277504396.post-49608178613589113502007-05-10T15:06:00.000-07:002007-05-10T15:10:53.118-07:00"Twenty years after a landmark study showed that people of color were more likely to live near hazardous-waste sites than any other demographic, a follow-up report has found that the disparity is even greater across the U.S. today.<br /><br />"The problem is more entrenched in metropolitan Phoenix, where 63.7 percent of the residents living in neighborhoods adjacent to hazardous-waste facilities are of color, according to the new report commissioned by the United Church of Christ. Nationally, the figure is 56 percent.<br /><br />"Black and Latino residents are more likely than Anglos to live next to facilities storing the most dangerous types of wastes. They are exposed in disproportionate numbers to the potential health and safety risks of living next to volatile chemicals."<br /><br />Go to <a href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0509toxic0509.html">http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0509toxic0509.html</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.digg.com"> <img src="http://digg.com/img/badges/16x16-digg-thumb.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Digg!" /> </a></div>Robertnoreply@blogger.com