Reports from the U.S Environmental Protection Agency and the United Church of Christ in Ohio show that minority neighborhoods are disproportionately situated near environmentally hazardous sites, such as former waste dumps or other areas of significant pollution.
Marion Motley Playfields, a park on the East Side of Cleveland was transformed from a brick and tile plant in the 1960s, but severe pollution remained in the stream, and arsenic and lead were found in the ground just last year.
