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Kay Jowers1, Yu Ma2, Christopher Timmins3
1Kenan Institute for Ethics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.
PloS one
|February 19, 2026
まとめ
集中的な動物飼育事業 (CAFO) は,ノースカロライナ州の低所得のヒスパニック系およびアフリカ系アメリカ人の世帯,特に私有井戸に頼る世帯に不均衡な影響を及ぼしています. 曝露の格差は,収入や動物の種類によって異なります.
科学分野:
- 環境科学 環境科学
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 環境正義 環境正義
背景:
- 集中動物飼育事業 (CAFO) は,ノースカロライナ州で急速に拡大しています.
- CAFOは,空気と水の汚染を生み出し,コミュニティの環境と健康問題を引き起こします.
研究 の 目的:
- 種と収入の特徴に基づいて,豚と家禽のCAFOへの曝露を非パラメータ的に記述する.
- 家用用水源 (私有井戸対地域社会システム) がCAFOの曝露格差にどのように影響するか調べる.
主な方法:
- 農場レベルのデータを,住所および家庭レベルの人種と所得に関するデータと組み合わせた.
- 様々な人口と水源のカテゴリーにおける曝露の違いを分析した.
主要な成果:
- 低所得のヒスパニック系世帯は,白人世帯と比較してCAFOに不釣り合いに高い曝露を示しています.
- アフリカ系アメリカンと白人世帯の曝露のギャップは,収入とともに増加し,特に豚CAFOの場合は増加します.
- 不均衡な曝露は,私有井戸を使用する世帯ではより顕著です.
結論:
- ノースカロライナ州におけるCAFOの被曝において,人種と所得の格差が顕著である.
- 水源は,これらの環境正義の問題を悪化させる重要な要因です.
- 脆弱なコミュニティの健康と環境への負担に対処するために,ターゲットを絞った介入が必要である.
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