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12 Barry L. Env't & Earth L.J. 100 (2022)
Addressing the Disproportionate Adverse Health Effects among Bipoc Communities as a Result of Environmental Racism

handle is hein.journals/earjujo12 and id is 100 raw text is: ADDRESSING THE DISPROPORTIONATE ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS AMONG BIPOC COMMUNITIES AS A RESULT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM Lindsay M. Farbent* I. INTRODUCTION Around one in three (31%) of Black Americans, compared to only 9% of their white counterparts, reported personally knowing someone who has died from COVID-19.1 Black folks are thirty percent more likely to die prematurely from heart disease and twice as likely to die of a stroke as white folks.2 Black folks, Indigenous folks, and People of Color are more likely to live in polluted areas than their white counterparts.3 Long-term exposure to pollution can increase your chances of developing respiratory diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and even cancer.4 * Lindsay M. Farbent, Juris Doctor Candidate 2022, Roger Williams University School of Law. 1 Amy Goldstein & Emily Gustin, Almost One-Third of Black Americans Know Someone Who Died of COVID-19, Survey Shows (2020), https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/almost-one-third-of-black-americans- know-someone-who-died-of-covid-19-survey-shows/2020/06/25/3ec1d4b2- b563-1lea-aca5-ebb63d27elffstory.html. 2 National Academies of Sciences, The State of Health Disparities in the United States, 57-99 (James N. Weinstein, Amy Geller, Yamrot Negussie & Alina Baciu, eds. 2017). 3 Christopher W. Tessum et al., PM2.5 Polluters Disproportionately and Systemically Affect People of Color in the United States, 7 SCI. ADVANCES (2021). Available at https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abf4491. ' Meng Wang et al., Association Between Long-term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution and Change in Quantitatively Assessed Emphysema and Lung Function, 322 JAMA 546-566 (2019), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31408135/; Shengzhi Sun et al., Short-term exposure to air pollution and incidence of stroke in the Women's Health Initiative, 132 ENV'T INT. (2019), https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31382185/; Cheng-Kuan Lin et al., A Global Perspective on Coal-fired Power Plants and

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