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Language, race and poverty make a place vulnerable to pollution. Therefore, it's not surprising that East LA, which is 97 percent Latino and where one in four live below the poverty line, scores lowest in the vulnerability category , NBC reports.
The interactive tool, called CalEnviroScreen 1.0, was created to identify sightseeing tours in washington dc environmentally-disadvantaged communities. A recent California law requires 25 percent of proceeds from cap and trade auctions to go to those communities, KPCC reports.
Another study, the American Lung Association's annual State of the Air report Wednesday, found that seven of the top ten most air polluted U.S. cities are in California . Specifically in regards to ozone, LA tops the list with the worst ozone pollution in the country for the 13th time in the 14 years the report has been issued.