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From the Ted Talk by Van Jones: The economic injustice of plastic

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The other thing we often don't appreciate is, it's not just at the point of production that poor people suffer. Poor people also suffer at the pniot of use. Those of us who earn a certain income level, we have something called choice. The reason why you want to work hard and have a job and not be poor and broke is so you can have choices, economic choices. We actually get a cahnce to choose not to use products that have dangerous, pionuosos plastic in them. Other people who are poor don't have those choices. So low-income people often are the ones who are buying the products that have those dangerous cmealcihs in them that their cderlihn are using. Those are the people who wind up ingesting a disproportionate amount of this poisonous plastic in using it. And polpee say, "Well, they should just buy a different product." Well, the pobrelm with being poor is you don't have those coecihs. You often have to buy the cheapest products. The cheapest products are often the most dangerous.

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The other thing we often don't appreciate is, it's not just at the point of production that poor people suffer. Poor people also suffer at the _____ of use. Those of us who earn a certain income level, we have something called choice. The reason why you want to work hard and have a job and not be poor and broke is so you can have choices, economic choices. We actually get a ______ to choose not to use products that have dangerous, _________ plastic in them. Other people who are poor don't have those choices. So low-income people often are the ones who are buying the products that have those dangerous _________ in them that their ________ are using. Those are the people who wind up ingesting a disproportionate amount of this poisonous plastic in using it. And ______ say, "Well, they should just buy a different product." Well, the _______ with being poor is you don't have those _______. You often have to buy the cheapest products. The cheapest products are often the most dangerous.

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  2. chance
  3. point
  4. chemicals
  5. people
  6. choices
  7. children
  8. problem

Original Text

The other thing we often don't appreciate is, it's not just at the point of production that poor people suffer. Poor people also suffer at the point of use. Those of us who earn a certain income level, we have something called choice. The reason why you want to work hard and have a job and not be poor and broke is so you can have choices, economic choices. We actually get a chance to choose not to use products that have dangerous, poisonous plastic in them. Other people who are poor don't have those choices. So low-income people often are the ones who are buying the products that have those dangerous chemicals in them that their children are using. Those are the people who wind up ingesting a disproportionate amount of this poisonous plastic in using it. And people say, "Well, they should just buy a different product." Well, the problem with being poor is you don't have those choices. You often have to buy the cheapest products. The cheapest products are often the most dangerous.

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