Once-Redlined Neighborhoods Now Experience Higher Pollution Levels
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Once-Redlined Neighborhoods , Now Experience Higher Pollution Levels.
NPR reports a new study has found that neighborhoods subjected to redlining
during the 1930s now often experience heightened levels of air pollution.
Researchers reportedly analyzed
air quality data from 202 cities
in the United States.
Researchers reportedly analyzed
air quality data from 202 cities
in the United States.
Redlining was a practice used by
mortgage appraisers and the government following the Great Depression.
Now deemed discriminatory, appraisers
would draw lines around heavily Black
and immigrant areas, denoting them as
risky sites for home mortgages.
In redlining, neighborhoods would be
denoted as "A" for best to "D" for
hazardous, which would be in red.
We see a really clear association between how these maps were drawn in the '30s and the air pollution disparities today. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
And that's not surprising,
but it is very striking. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
According to NPR, historically
redlined neighborhoods experience
higher temperatures and a
range of health disparities.
Experts say the difference in the
air quality between neighborhoods
in the United States is alarming.
The D-grade neighborhoods
on average experience
50% greater pollution
than the A-grades. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
The D-grade neighborhoods
on average experience
50% greater pollution
than the A-grades. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
And in some cities,
it's more than double. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
And in some cities,
it's more than double. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR
NPR reports a new study has found that neighborhoods subjected to redlining
during the 1930s now often experience heightened levels of air pollution.
Researchers reportedly analyzed
air quality data from 202 cities
in the United States.
Researchers reportedly analyzed
air quality data from 202 cities
in the United States.
Redlining was a practice used by
mortgage appraisers and the government following the Great Depression.
Now deemed discriminatory, appraisers
would draw lines around heavily Black
and immigrant areas, denoting them as
risky sites for home mortgages.
In redlining, neighborhoods would be
denoted as "A" for best to "D" for
hazardous, which would be in red.
We see a really clear association between how these maps were drawn in the '30s and the air pollution disparities today. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
And that's not surprising,
but it is very striking. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
According to NPR, historically
redlined neighborhoods experience
higher temperatures and a
range of health disparities.
Experts say the difference in the
air quality between neighborhoods
in the United States is alarming.
The D-grade neighborhoods
on average experience
50% greater pollution
than the A-grades. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
The D-grade neighborhoods
on average experience
50% greater pollution
than the A-grades. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
And in some cities,
it's more than double. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR.
And in some cities,
it's more than double. , Joshua Apte, study author and assistant professor of environmental
engineering and health sciences at UC Berkeley, via NPR