Environmental Justice and Great Lakes Areas of Concern: Addressing the Need for More Research

Jennifer J Josephs1, Thomas P Hollenhorst1, Molly J Wick1

  • 1Dr. Jennifer J. Josephs is an NRC Postdoctoral Research Associate at the U.S. EPA/ORD/CCTE/Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Mr. Thomas P. Hollenhorst is an Ecologist at the U.S. EPA/ORD/CCTE/Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Ms. Molly J. Wick is a Margaret Davidson Fellow at the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve and a PhD student at the University of Minnesota in the Water Resource Sciences Program, and a student trainee with EPA/ORD/CCTE/Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, Duluth, Minnesota, USA. Dr. Ted R. Angradi is a Research Biologist at the U.S. EPA/ORD/CCTE/Great Lakes Toxicology and Ecology Division, Duluth, Minnesota, USA.

Environmental Justice (Print)
|March 27, 2025
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