Environmental Justice: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, March 3 and 4, 1993U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 - 184 pages |
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Page 36 - Handicapped individual means any person who — (1) Has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities; (2) Has a record of such an impairment; or (3) Is regarded as having such an impairment. (b) As used in the proceeding paragraph of this section, the phrase: (1) Physical or mental impairment...
Page 38 - ... utilize criteria or methods of administration which have the effect of subjecting individuals to discrimination because of their race, color, or national origin...
Page 37 - Hispanic a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.
Page 40 - No person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.
Page 37 - Qualified handicapped person" means: (1) With respect to employment, a handicapped person who, with reasonable accommodation, can perform the essential functions of the job in question...
Page 51 - There is a racial divide in the way the US government cleans up toxic waste sites and punishes polluters. White communities see faster action, better results and stiffer penalties than communities where blacks, Hispanics and other minorities live. This unequal protection often occurs whether the community is wealthy or poor.
Page 35 - Defense, because their history with respect to human subjects research policy is less well known than that of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (now the Department of Health and Human Services).
Page 36 - Such term does not include any individual who is an alcoholic or drug abuser whose current use of alcohol or drugs prevents such individual from performing the duties of the job in question or whose employment, by reason of such current alcohol or drug abuse, would constitute a direct threat to property or the safety of others.
Page 36 - There is a lack of accepted safety for use of the drug or other substance under medical supervision.
Page 37 - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China, India, Japan, Korea, the Philippine Islands and Samoa.