This book discusses the poor and people of color and their struggle to take control of one of the most basic aspects of their lives: the quality of their environment. It exposes the fact of environmental inequity and its consequences in face of general neglect by policymakers and social scientists.
Introduction -- Toxic Waste and Race in the United States -- Can the
Environmental Movement Attract and Maintain the Support of Minorities? -- The
Environmental Voting Record of the Congressional Black Caucus -- Toward a
Model of Environmental Discrimination -- Environmental Blackmail in
Minority Communities -- Invitation to Poison? Detroit Minorities and Toxic
Fish Consumption from the Detroit River -- Minority Anglers and Toxic Fish
Consumption: Evidence from a Statewide Survey of Michigan -- The Effects of
Occupational Injury, Illness, and Disease on the Health Status of Black
Americans: A Review -- Hazardous Waste Incineration and Minority Communities
-- Environmentalism and Civil Rights in Sumter County, Alabama -- Uranium
Production and Its Effects on Navajo Communities Along the Rio Puerco in
Western New Mexico -- Environmental Racism: Reviewing the Evidence --
Pesticide Exposure of Farm Workers and the International Connection -- The
Dumping of Toxic Waste in African Countries: A Case of Poverty and Racism --
Summary
