The Path to Sharing Environmental Burdens Fairly

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By Mitch RatcliffeJul 7, 2026, 7:00 am182 ptsTrendingTop
In 1979, Hazel Johnson went door to door through her Chicago neighborhood with one question: how many people in your household have cancer? Nearly every neighbor had an answer. Johnson’s public housing complex had been built on top of a former industrial waste dump. Moreover, more than 50 landfills, a…

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