Over 6,000 public schools nationally are under two miles of a
Superfund site
Each dot shows how far a public school is from a Superfund site within a 1.8 radius.
Majority of these schools are
located in California and New Jersey.
Nearly 600 of these schools
are located in low-income
counties.
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1.0
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1.5
Distance to Superfund site in miles
Over 6,000 public schools nationally are under two miles
of a Superfund site
Each dot shows how far a public school is from a Superfund site
within a 1.8 radius.
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0.5
1.5
1.0
Majority of these schools are
located in California and
New Jersey. Nearly 600 of
these schoolsare located
in low-income counties.
Distance to Superfund site in miles
Over 2,000 public schools nationally are
within a mile of a Superfund site
Each dot shows how far a public school is
from a Superfund site by miles.
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Distance to
Superfund
site in
miles
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0.00
Majority of public schools are over half a mile away from
Superfund sites.
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