the environment as their major reason for purchasing sustainable or socially responsible products."xiv we still have time to re-imagine one of the most effective ways we can make a difference-both individually and collectively-is what we choose to purchase with human health and threatening food production.xvii degraded soil also releases is responsible for 12 percent of air pollution-related deaths each we can do better what we have done to the environment has undermined our also actively seeking out companies that are taking steps to reduce appear to be more willing to prioritize the greater good in their references available upon request environmental justice is social justice conversations about social justice and environmental justice to environmental pollution are frequently the very same people beginning to explore the relationship between the disparate exposure to pollution as a major factor in health inequities with very little training or understanding of how the exposure brought into the home on parents' clothing and skin also put farmworkers' children at risk.xwi one long-term study conducted environmental toxins has also been associated with increased children are more likely to live in areas with higher exposure to communities in california are exposed to “substantially more" air americans and latinos exposed to 43 percent and 39 percent more fine particulate matter compared to white californians fine particulate air pollution poses a serious risk to human health and has been linked with higher rates of cardiovascular and premature death.xxxxxi research has also found that concentrated frequently located in minority and low-income communities with residents experiencing higher rates of infant mortality socioeconomic class are both significant determinants of levels especially the nonwhite poor bear a disproportionate burden of the united states."xxxiv as we move forward to create solutions in the fight for xxix istarts with start with astice clete justicet edu iren natural grocers 37
