Pollution and Pandemics: COVID-19's Disproportionate Impact on Environmental Justice Communities | NLM

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Pollution and Pandemics: COVID-19's Disproportionate Impact on Environmental Justice Communities

06/09/2020 12:00 AM EDT

Source: U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Energy and Commerce. Published: 6/9/2020. This three-hour, 12-minute Congressional hearing discusses the COVID-19 pandemic's disproportionate impact on environmental justice communities, and the high rates of infection and death for communities of color, low-income communities, Native American communities, and fence-line communities, such as communities that are adjacent to chemical plants or Superfund sites. (Video or Multimedia)