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Barry Commoner

The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities.

Barry Commoner

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Barry Commoner is saying that new businesses focused on production can help fix the problem where poorer and minority communities face more environmental dangers than others. These enterprises could create fairer conditions by reducing pollution and hazards in those disadvantaged areas.

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