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On the recordFebruary 5, 2019
I think of black and brown people who are confined to communities where decades of lax environmental policies and enforcement have literally sickened entire generations.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Barragan addresses the health impacts of poor environmental policies on minority populations.

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