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Jeremy Pais1, Kyle Crowder2, Liam Downey3
1University of Connecticut.
Social Forces; a Scientific Medium of Social Study and Interpretation
|December 26, 2014
Summary
Blacks face persistent exposure to high industrial pollution, a key environmental justice concern. This disparity persists even after accounting for neighborhood attainment and socioeconomic factors.
Area of Science:
- Environmental Science
- Public Health
- Sociology
Background:
- Environmental injustice is marked by unequal exposure to industrial hazards.
- Residential attainment and toxic facility siting contribute to this inequality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To analyze individual residential exposure trajectories to industrial hazards over two decades.
- To identify racial disparities in pollution exposure patterns.
Main Methods:
- Latent class growth analysis was applied to longitudinal geocoded data.
- Neighborhood-level pollution measures were integrated with individual data.
Main Results:
- Significant racial differences were found in pollution exposure trajectories.
- Black individuals are more prone to persistent high pollution exposure than white individuals.
- These disparities were only partially explained by socioeconomic status and neighborhood attainment.
Conclusions:
- Racial inequality in residential pollution exposure is a persistent environmental justice issue.
- Even immobile Black populations experienced increased exposure over time.
- Further research is needed to address the root causes of these disparities.
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