Seven decades of environmental racism in the Blackest area of Salvador, Brazil

Seven decades of environmental racism in the Blackest area of Salvador, Brazil

Since the 1950s, an area with one of the largest Black populations in the state capital of Bahia has suffered damages to the health of its people and ecosystem as a result of nearby operations of a port, an industrial complex and an oil refinery.

Many of the approximately 4,000 residents make their living from fishing and shellfish gathering…

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