Environmental Racism: Indigenous People & Minorities Facing Higher Cancer Rates Due To Pollution

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Finally, we speak to Dr. Ingrid Waldron, Director of Environmental Noxiousness, Racial Inequalities and Community Health Project. She discusses environmental racism- a phenomenon of governments locating industrial polluters near indigenous people or minorities, progress in pushing environmental justice in Canada through Bill C230, cancer rates being disproportionately higher in Canadian communities of colour due to close proximity to industrial polluters and much more.