Fighting to Breathe

Fighting to Breathe
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9780520976627
ISBN-13 : 0520976622
Rating : 4/5 (622 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fighting to Breathe by : Nicole Fabricant

Download or read book Fighting to Breathe written by Nicole Fabricant and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2022-12-13 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Industrial toxic emissions on the South Baltimore Peninsula are among the highest in the nation. Because of the concentration of factories and other chemical industries in their neighborhoods, residents face elevated rates of lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses in addition to heart attacks, strokes, and cardiovascular disease, all of which can lead to premature death. Fighting to Breathe follows a dynamic and creative group of high school students who decided to fight back against the race- and class-based health disparities and inequality in their city. For more than a decade, student organizers stood up to unequal land use practices and the proposed construction of an incinerator and instead initiated new waste management strategies. As a Baltimore resident and activist-scholar, Nicole Fabricant documents how these young organizers came to envision, design, and create a more just and sustainable Baltimore.


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