To be poor, working-class, or a person of color in the United States often means bearing a

disproportionate share of the country's environmental problems. Starting with the premise that all

Americans have a basic right to live in a healthy environment, Dumping in Dixie chronicles the

efforts of five African American communities, empowered by the civil rights movement, to link

environmentalism with issues of social justice. In the third edition, Bullard speaks to us from the

front lines of the environmental justice movement about new developments in environmental

racism, different organizing strategies, and success stories in the struggle for environmental equity.

The author broadly disscusses environmental policies of authorities as well as economic aspects and

programmes of action in the United States. Environmental degradation as a result of toxic waste

disposal is also presented in the book.