The researchers found that air pollution is disproportionately caused by white Americans' consumption of goods and services, but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic Americans.

That number was even higher for non-white Hispanics, who breathe in 63 percent more air pollution than they cause. As for white Americans, the study found they breathe in 17 percent less air ...

A new study about the environment and public health reveals a stark inequity: White populations in the United States contribute more to air pollution than minority Hispanic and black populations ...

"Pollution is disproportionately caused by whites, but disproportionately inhaled by black and Hispanic minorities," the study said. Poor air quality remains the largest environmental health risk ...

About 670 per 100,000 older Black people died of air-pollution-related health conditions, a rate threefold that of white Americans, according to the analysis.The rate for white Americans was 210 ...

Black and Hispanic citizens are exposed to more air pollution that is caused by the consumer habits of their white counterparts, a study demonstrates. Shawn Grant Jun 9, 2019 ...

Black and Hispanic Americans are disproportionately exposed to air pollution, despite white people being largely responsible for it, new research has revealed.. In the first study of its kind ...

The study builds on a wealth of research that has shown that people of color in America live with more pollution than their white neighbors. Fine particulate matter air pollution, known as PM 2.5 ...

Black seniors were found to be three times more likely to die from exposure to fine particle air pollution than white seniors. The U.S. experiences about 110,000 deaths annually from particle ...

Majority-white Westside neighborhoods, for instance, could also be benefiting from ocean breezes that push pollution into predominantly Black and Latino areas, he said.

The average non-Hispanic white person has a “pollution advantage,” as they experience around 17 percent less air pollution exposure than is produced due to their consumption patterns.

The LA Times shares an opinion piece about a study claiming that White and affluent commuters spread pollution in neighborhoods occupied by people of color.