In the decade that followed the Warren Country sit-in, research and activism emerged. A few highlights: 1983 U.S. General Accounting Study found evidence to support the environmental justice movement, citing that of the four hazardous waste landfills in an eight-state region, three were in majority Black communities where at least 26 percent of the population had incomes below the poverty level. 1987 United Church of Christ study examined the relationship between waste siting decisions in the U.S. and race; found that race was the most significant factor influence site decisions, and 3 out of 5 African Americans and Hispanics live in a community housing toxic waste sites Grassroots activist groups emerge across the country: WE ACT in New York, SNEEJ in New Mexico, and the Indigenous Environmental Network, among others Congressional Black Caucus meets with EPA officials in 1990, leading to further action within the EPA infrastructure, including the creation of the Office of Environmental Justice and the National Environmental Justice Advisory Council