Environmental_Racism_in_Nova_Scotia
Environmental racism in Nova Scotia are the environmental injustices in the province that have an unequal effect on racial minorities.
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Environmental racism is a term used in the environmental justice movement to describe environmental injustices that disproportionately affect racialized communities.[1] For many decades, environmental activists have drawn attention to various examples of environmental racism in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, especially those injustices faced by Black and Indigenous communities. A frequent example of environmental racism in Nova Scotia is the disproportionate siting of toxic facilities such as landfills, thermal generating stations, and paper mills in marginalized communities.[2] Accordingly, a 2002 study found that over 30% of Black residents in Nova Scotia live within a 5 km (3.1 mi) radius of a landfill.[3] Environmental racism in Nova Scotia is a source of multigenerational trauma—there is scientific evidence linking the presence of toxic facilities to water insecurity, higher rates of various illnesses (especially cancers), and other harms to physical and mental health and wellbeing.[4]