The Purpose Of Environmental Justice

Everyone should be entitled to environmental justice. The propose of environmental justice is that all people and communities should have equal protection under environmental public health laws and regulations. Quite often this is not the case, for instant communities that consist mostly of racial/ethnic minorities or low income families are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards (NCBI, n.d.). Since this group is already at a disadvantage the exposure to these hazard toxin has even more of a negative impact on their health. They are also exposed disproportionately to ambient air pollution which causes respiratory problems (NCBI, n.d.). These phenomenal that is concentrated in a certain area and targets certain social economical groups greatly impact the health of that particular community and put them at a further economical disadvantage. According to EPA (2015), their goal is for everyone to have the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazard, and also, equal representation in the decision making process. …show more content…
Out of the 700 that died 500 was African American, although they received monetary compensation the African American received the least amount of money (Frump, 2016). This demonstrate disproportionately deprivation of assets. Accordingly, to Frumkin (2016), in 1982 a predominately African American community protected against a landfill that was supposed to come to their community which had 60,000 ton of contaminated soil. This is evidence of disproportionate exposure of hazard toxin in a concentrated area of people of