Toxics
RICHMOND IS HOME TO HOW MANY SMALL & LARGE POLLUTING INDUSTRIES (LIKE OIL REFINERIES, CHEMICAL COMPANIES, ETC.)?
A) LESS THAN 10
B) ABOUT 50
C) OVER 350
c) over 350
IN RICHMOND, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THE PEOPLE THERE ARE RENTERS?
A) 40%
B) 49%
C) 52%
c) 52% (More than half, but currently there are no laws that protect renters)
MOST PEOPLE SPEND AN AVERAGE OF 90% OF THEIR TIME INDOORS AND THERE ARE DISEASES THAT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY CAN BE EXPOSED TO JUST BY BEING IN YOUR HOUSE. LEAD POISONING, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN CAUSE LEARNING DISABILITIES, BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, AND OTHER SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY IN YOUNG CHILDREN. WHAT IS THE MOST COMMON WAY THAT YOU CAN BE EXPOSED TO LEAD IN YOUR HOME?
a)PAINT
b)WATER
c)TOYS
a) Paint (While paint is the most common way you can be exposed, there are many other points of exposure including water, lead paint in ceramics, children’s toys, and simple house dust.)
WHAT PERCENT OF THE 800,000 SOUTHEASTASIAN REFUGEES WHO HAVE SETTLED IN THE US UNDER STATE DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS ARE IN CALIFORNIA?
A)10%
B) 30%
C) 40%
c) 40% (Central California has the largest population outside of Laos)
WHO LIVES CLOSEST TO INDUSTRIAL SITES IN RICHMOND?
A) THE PEOPLE WHO OWN THE INDUSTRIES
B) POOR PEOPLE & PEOPLE OF COLOR
C) NO ONE, IT’S ALL INDUSTRIAL SITES
B) POOR PEOPLE & PEOPLE OF COLOR
IF A HOUSE IS CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOW MUCH IN PERCENTAGE SHOULD A FAMILY’S INCOME GO TOWARDS PAYING FOR IT?
a)30%
b)45%
c)50%
a) 30% (Most of the people in our community pay over half of their income to housing.)
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF RESPIRATORY AILMENTS (ILLNESSES LIKE ASTHMA, ALLERGIES, OTHER BREATHING PROBLEMS) ARE CAUSED BY INDOOR POLLUTANTS?
A) 81%
B) 94%
C) 62%
WHAT YEAR DID THE 1ST LAOTIAN FAMILY ARRIVE IN THE US?
A) 1960
B) 1975
C) 1979
b) 1975 (After the end of the Vietnam War many Laotian families left their homeland for refugee camps to the US.)
THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN LOCATING WASTE SITES (LIKE INCINERATORS, LANDFILLS, OTHER DUMPS) IN THE UNITED STATES IS?
A) RELIGION
B) AGE
C) COLOR OF YOUR SKIN
D) HOW MUCH YOU MAKE
c) color of your skin (According to the study Toxic Waste & Race in the US, Race is the number 1 factor
associated with location of hazardous waste.)
PRIOR TO 2019, IF THERE IS NO RENT CONTROL ORDINANCE IN A CITY & COUNTY, BY LAW HOW MUCH CAN A LANDLORD RAISE RENT IN A YEAR?
A) $150
B) $200
C) NO LIMIT
c) No limit (There is no limit because there is no law. That’s why currently we’re working on a campaign to pass an ordinance to protect renters.)
TOXIC BLACK MOLD FOUND COMMONLY IN HOMES CAN CAUSE WHICH SERIOUS HEALTH PROBLEM?
A) BIRTH DEFECTS
B) CANCER
C) LUNG DISEASE
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE
D) ALL OF THE ABOVE
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF LAOTIANS ENGAGE IN WHICH ACT THAT CAN POSE POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS?
A) LISTENING TO HIP HOP
B) GOING TO SCHOOL
C) FISHING
c) fishing (Many Laotians families go fishing as source of food, consuming contaminated fish will cause health risks, especially fish from the Bay because of all the Toxics.)
IF YOU ARE A RENTER AND YOU FIND LEAD PAINT, COCKROACHES, OR BLACK MOLD IN YOUR APARTMENT OR HOUSE, WHO IS LEGALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANING IT UP?
A) THE LANDLORD
B) THE TENANT
C) THE LAST TENANT WHO LIVED THERE BEFORE YOU.