Pressley noted that nationally, more than 9,000 federally funded public housing projects are a mile or less from a Superfund site. This has a disproportionate effect on poor people and on people of color, she said.
“None of these injustices have happened overnight,” Pressley said. “They’re the result of generations of intentional policy violence and chronic disinvestment. We know that to combat decades of environmental racism, we must prioritize environmental justice, which is intrinsically linked to racial health and economic justice.”
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