▁victim ization ”. ▁Due ▁to ▁system ic ▁rac ism ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁women ▁of ▁color ▁“ dis pro port ion ately ▁rely ▁on ▁public ▁sources ▁of ▁health ▁care ”, ▁so ▁the ▁Hy de ▁am end ment ▁impact ed ▁these ▁women ▁substantial ly . ▁ ▁Environment al ▁justice ▁and ▁re product ive ▁justice ▁ ▁Because ▁re product ive ▁justice ▁is ▁tied ▁to ▁community ▁well - be ing , ▁Kath le en ▁M . ▁de ▁On ı ' s ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁article ▁in ▁Environment al ▁Communic ation ▁arg ues ▁that ▁re product ive ▁justice ▁should ▁be ▁understood ▁alongside ▁environmental ▁justice ▁and ▁climate ▁change . ▁Re product ive ▁justice ▁advoc ates ▁organ ize ▁for ▁environmental ▁justice ▁causes ▁because ▁issues ▁like ▁un he alth y ▁drink ing ▁water ▁and ▁to x ins ▁in ▁beauty ▁products ▁can ▁impact ▁physical ▁and ▁re product ive ▁health ▁and ▁children ' s ▁health . ▁The ▁Fl int ▁Michigan ▁water ▁crisis ▁is ▁often ▁c ited ▁as ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁this ▁because ▁a ▁low - in come ▁community ▁primarily ▁composed ▁of ▁people ▁of ▁color ▁was ▁forced ▁to ▁use ▁to xic ▁drink ing ▁water , ▁a ▁situation ▁that ▁advoc ates ▁say ▁likely ▁would ▁not ▁have ▁been ▁inf lic ted ▁upon ▁a ▁wealth ier , ▁wh iter ▁community . ▁Environment al ▁re product ive ▁justice ▁was ▁built ▁on ▁the ▁prem ise ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁women ’ s ▁re product ive ▁health ▁and ▁capabilities ▁are ▁not ▁limited ▁by ▁environmental ▁poll ution . ▁ ▁Environment al ▁justice ▁is ▁a ▁response ▁to ▁Environment al