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Title: Intersectional inequalities in industrial air toxics exposure in the United States

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2022

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ISSN: 1353-8292

DOI: 10.1016/J.HEALTHPLACE.2022.102886

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PMID: 36001937

Abstract: Environmental justice and health research demonstrate unequal exposure to environmental hazards at the neighborhood-level. We use an innovative method—eco-intersectional multilevel (EIM) modeling—to assess intersectional inequalities in industrial air toxics exposure across US census tracts in 2014. Results reveal stark inequalities in exposure across analytic strata, with a 45-fold difference in average exposure between most and least exposed. Low SES, multiply marginalized (high % Black, high % female-headed households) urban communities experienced highest risk. These inequalities were not described by additive effects alone, necessitating the use of interaction terms. We advance a critical intersectional approach to evaluating environmental injustices.

Url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1353829222001472

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Authors: Alvarez, Camila H.; Calasanti, Anna; Evans, Clare Rosenfeld; Ard, Kerry

Periodical (Full): Health & Place

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Volume: 77

Pages: 1-12

Data Collections: IPUMS NHGIS

Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Natural Resource Management

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