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SF Bay Area's poor face disproportionate burden of exposure to environmental hazards
02-17-2007 · EurekAlert!A new report issued by the Center for Justice, Tolerance, and Community at the University of California, Santa Cruz, entitled "Still Toxic After All These Years... Air Quality and Environmental Justice in the Bay Area," is the first published analysis of the overall state of environmental disparity in the nine-county region.
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