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 Katie: 
I found a website that had a list of examples of environmental racism across the United States.  The one I will talk about is in New Mexico.  Here, the farm works have been exposed to toxic and potentially deadly pesticides.  The pesticides are being used to treat the crops, but the workers’ safety is not being taken into consideration.  Like most environmentally racist situations, the government has done little to nothing to keep these people safe.
A sociologist could focus on the death rates to attempt to bring more attention to this issue.  If more people see that the death rate for farmworkers is higher than those with other jobs, and they can show evidence of the harmful pesticides being used, they can expose the truth.  The farms need to be held accountable, as well as the government because neither has done anything to protect the workers.  Sociologists can start and lead the conversation to get people to notice the problem and hopefully be able to get these farmworkers the better working conditions they deserve.

Jason 7
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a result of environmental racism. CVD kills more people than any other disease in low and middle“income countries. CVD was initially to be thought of as a genetic disease. Although genetics plays its part, it has been proven that environmental influences that lead to progressive deterioration in the structure and the function of cardiovascular tissues (Bhatnagar, 2017:162-163)
            In another study, it has been proven that the demographic that suffers most from CVD are African Americans. Studies assessing unique characteristics of high blood pressure in African Americans have found that aldosterone correlates significantly with several CVD risk factors associated with obesity-related high blood pressure in this population” (Graham, 2015:238).
            African Americans are victims of environmental racism. CVD is higher among this demographic that live in “communities or neighborhoods with characteristics of joblessness, poverty, educational attainment, housing quality, environmental pollution, availability of nutritious foods, neighborhood walkability, neighborhood violence, access to green spaces, connectedness, and other social and environmental determinants of health (Mensah, 2019:S37).
            I think a way for the sociologist to mitigate these types of environmental racism are already happening. They must continue to do the research and show the type of statistics above. They must publish them in readings and make it known that racism that we could be blind can be revealed if given the correct platform. Sociologists would have to continue to educate teachers and school administration to allow this type of information to be part of an elementary schools curriculum.