在加利福尼亚州卡森的硫化危机期间,居民的经历
Arbor J L Quist1, April Hovav2, Alexander D Silverman3
1Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1845 N Soto St., Los Angeles, CA, 90032, USA. arborqui@usc.edu.
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|March 23, 2024
概括
由于硫化 (H2S) 事件,居民经历了严重的痛苦和不信任,突出了改善应急响应和社区参与环境健康危机的必要性.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 基于社区的参与式研究
- 公共卫生紧急响应响应公共卫生紧急响应响应
背景情况:
- 加利福尼亚州卡森的居民在2021年10月发生仓库火灾后,长期暴露于高度的硫化 (H2S) 气体 (高达7000ppb).
- 长期以来,H2S水平超过了加利福尼亚州的急性空气质量标准 (30ppb),导致广泛的恶臭和健康问题.
- 关于H2S在这些暴露水平的健康影响存在相互矛盾的研究,需要关注社区的感知和经验.
研究的目的:
- 了解社区在新出现的环境健康事件期间的感知和经验.
- 评估H2S暴露对居民健康,信息获取和应急响应印象的影响.
- 在环境正义社区中为未来对化学紧急情况的反应提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一个社区-学术伙伴关系促进了6个重点小组与33名受H2S事件影响的居民.
- 讨论内容包括信息收集,应急响应的有效性,体验到的健康症状和持续的影响.
- 定性数据分析探讨了居民的生活经历和社区层面的反应.
主要成果:
- 参与者报告说,在获取明确信息方面存在很大的困难,导致他们感到被遗弃和不信任当局.
- 居民认为他们的健康问题和症状被当地政府和医疗保健提供者淡化了.
- 该活动导致了污染意识的提高,对未来事件的恐惧,以及对当地机构的信任减少,但也促进了社区网络和活动.
结论:
- 对化学紧急情况的有效应对需要决策者进行明确,全面和及时的沟通,以减轻恐惧和错误信息.
- 支持社区主导的信息共享网络对于在环境健康危机期间提高性至关重要.
- 与受影响社区的直接接触对于理解和解决化学灾害的多方面的影响至关重要.
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