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Resolving Environmental Injustice on a Local Level | Newsweek Project Green | Newsweek.com

And Justice For All
NewsWeek 22 Oct 08 An environmental expert talks about the challenges of helping disadvantaged communities deal with pollution and climate change at a local level……………A report released today by two environmental organizations, the Blacksmith Institute and Green Cross Switzerland, found that localized pollution is the leading contributing factor to disability and disease in communities across the world. Even in the United States, air pollution and contaminated water sources result in death, persistent illness and neurological impairment for millions of people. And children, researchers found, are usually disproportionately affected.

Resolving Environmental Injustice on a Local Level | Newsweek Project Green | Newsweek.com

October 22, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | indigenous issues