John Oliver on environmental racism: ‘It’s clear we have a massive problem’

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John Oliver on environmental racism: ‘It’s clear we have a massive problem’
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The Last Week Tonight host delves into how zoning laws and lax regulation foster in the US mean your zip code can determine your health

in East Chicago, Indiana, a federally assisted housing community built on top of a former lead smelter. The lead levels surrounding the complex were dangerously off the charts for years, up to 200 times the emergency levels. “Which just isn’t great when the place that you found it is the ground,” said Oliver, “a place notoriously difficult to avoid unless, that is, you’re willing to spend the rest of your life playing a very high-stakes version of the floor is lava.

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