This longstanding pattern of segregation is worsened by environmental racism, which adds another layer of vulnerability as these communities are likely to be near sites of contamination — landfills, incinerators, refineries, chemical plants — and further away from clean water, air and soil. This is a form of invisible violence that deprives communities of healthy living environments and is compounded by unequal access to health care, substantially intensifying the risk of chronic conditions that compromise immune systems like asthma, diabetes and hypertension.
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