在美国监狱设施中暴露在Per-和Polyfluoroalkyl物质的风险,2022年
Lindsay Poirier1, Derrick Salvatore1, Phil Brown1
1Lindsay Poirier is with the Statistical and Data Sciences Program, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Derrick Salvatore was with the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. Phil Brown is with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and Department of Health Sciences, Northeastern University. Alissa Cordner is with the Department of Sociology, Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. Kira Mok was with the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University. Nicholas Shapiro is with the Institute for Society and Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles.
许多美国监狱都接近化物质和多化物质 (PFAS) 污染. 这项研究强调,迫切需要对环境进行监测,以保护被监禁的人口,包括未成年人,免受这些有害化学物质的影响.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 公共卫生政策 公共卫生政策
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
背景情况:
- 和多醇基物质 (PFAS) 是广泛存在的污染物,与不利的健康结果有关.
- 由于设施的位置,美国被监禁人口面临着独特的环境暴露.
- 了解监狱环境中的PFAS暴露风险对于公共健康至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估在美国监狱设施中的个人中暴露于per-和多基物质 (PFAS) 的风险.
- 确定位于被已知的或潜在的PFAS来源污染的流域内的监狱设施.
- 评估包括未成年人在内的被监禁人口潜在的PFAS暴露规模.
主要方法:
- 综合EPA数据库和PFAS站点追踪器的地理空间分析 (2022年).
- 对6118个美国监狱设施的评估与水文单位代码流域边界对比.
- 在水文上可行的已知和假定的PFAS污染地点与设施位置相对的建模.
主要成果:
- 大约5%的监狱设施 (∼310) 位于已知PFAS来源的下游.
- 几乎一半 (47%,∼2285) 的设施靠近可能受到PFAS污染的地点.
- 至少有99万名被监禁的人,包括12800名未成年人,可能处于危险之中;年轻人的暴露被低估了.
结论:
- 在监狱环境中潜在的PFAS暴露是可以预防的,并加剧了健康不平等.
- 迫切需要在监狱内部进行更广泛的环境监测,以保护被监禁的人.
- 提高公众对PFAS问题的认识可以推动监狱系统改善环境正义的政策.
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