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How plastics became an environmental justice issue 

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., president and CEO of the Hip Hop Caucus, has spent more than two decades advocating for environmental justice in Black communities.  Featured in the Netflix documentary “The Plastic Detox,” Yearwood argues that microplastics and the petrochemical industry have become civil rights issues because Black communities disproportionately bear the health and environmental […]

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