![]() ![]() Additionally, studies have shown that within cities, low-income neighborhoods are exposed to higher levels of air pollution from highways and factories, putting residents at higher risk for acute asthma attacks and other illnesses. The demographics are similar for neighborhoods containing hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal plants. Facilities using toxic substances that can pollute the soil, air, and water are often located in low-income, non-white neighborhoods. ![]() Across the United States, low-income communities and communities of color are more likely to be exposed to environmental toxins. In addition to being a health issue, a toxin-free environment is also a quality-of-life issue with equity implications. national environmental quality index determined that there are over 30 more cases of cancer in counties with poor environmental quality than in counties with the least exposure to toxins in the air, water, and soil (approximately a seven percent increase). Being exposed to chemicals from pollution in soil, air, and water has wide ranging health effects including acute asthma symptoms, hormone disruption, decreased mental ability, and cancer. ![]() Living in a toxin-free environment is essential to people’s mental and physical health. ![]()
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