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Jacksonville, Florida’s Gun Violence Is Rooted in Redlining and Homes Built on Toxic Waste

By Fred Clasen-Kelly, Daniel Chang, Olga Pierce, The Trace and Yona Gavino, Action News Jax, KFF Health News · October 27, 2026

Poisons from Jacksonville, Florida’s “Brown’s Dump” seeped into the lifeblood of residents. The harm to their physical and mental health is tied today to another public health crisis: high rates of gun violence among children.

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Jacksonville, Florida’s Gun Violence Is Rooted in Redlining and Homes Built on Toxic Waste

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