Chakraborty, Jayajit Basu, Pratyusha
Published in
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
While air pollution levels in India are amongst the highest in the world, the link between exposure to air pollution and social disadvantages has not been systematically examined. Using a distributive environmental justice framework, this study connects fine particulate matter (PM2.5) concentration data derived from satellite observations, a global...
Seto, Edmund Min, Esther Ingram, Carolyn Cummings, BJ Farquhar, Stephanie A.
Published in
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Individual-level Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) case data suggest that certain populations may be more impacted by the pandemic. However, few studies have considered the communities from which positive cases are prevalent, and the variations in testing rates between communities. In this study, we assessed community factors that were associated...
Wang, Siwen Su, Hang Chen, Chuchu Tao, Wei Streets, David G Lu, Zifeng Zheng, Bo Carmichael, Gregory R Lelieveld, Jos Pöschl, Ulrich
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Published in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The Chinese "coal-to-gas" and "coal-to-electricity" strategies aim at reducing dispersed coal consumption and related air pollution by promoting the use of clean and low-carbon fuels in northern China. Here, we show that on top of meteorological influences, the effective emission mitigation measures achieved an average decrease of fine particulate ...
Jones, Rhys Macmillan, Alexandra Reid, Papaarangi
Published in
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Climate change mitigation policies can either facilitate or hinder progress towards health equity, and can have particular implications for Indigenous health. We sought to summarize current knowledge about the potential impacts (co-benefits and co-harms) of climate mitigation policies and interventions on Indigenous health. Using a Kaupapa Māori th...
Bowser, Gillian Cid, Carmen R
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Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America
Environmental injustice can be expressed through lack of access to resources, unequal exposure to toxins, and limited access to knowledge about the unsustainable environmental practices that impact communities (Bullard 2018). The ecological processes that contribute to the "perfect storm" of conditions that create environmental injustices are well ...
DeMarco, Angelina L. Hardenbrook, Rebecca Rose, Jeff Mendoza, Daniel L.
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Experiences of homelessness, although widely varied, are characterized by extensive time in public spaces, often outdoors. However, there has been little empirical research about the ways in which environmental factors affect individuals experiencing homelessness (IEHs). Therefore, the purpose of this study was to use an environmental justice appro...
Smith, Charlotte D. Jackson, Kaitlyn Peters, Hannah Herrera Lima, Susana
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International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Background: Access to safe, affordable and accessible drinking water is a human right and foundational to the third and sixth World Health Organization’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Unsafe drinking water is a risk factor for chronic and enteric diseases. Both chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diarrheal disease are highly prevalent in the L...
Benmarhnia, Tarik
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic revealed and exacerbated existing social and economic health disparities, and actionable epidemiologic evidence is needed to identify potential vulnerability factors to help inform targeted responses. In this commentary, methodological challenges and opportunities regarding the links between air poll...
Mathews, Andrew S.
The Anthropocene, a proposed name for a geological epoch marked by human impacts on global ecosystems, has inspired anthropologists to critique, to engage in theoretical and methodological experimentation, and to develop new forms of collaboration. Critics are concerned that the term Anthropocene overemphasizes human mastery or erases differential ...
Nading, Alex M.
While the proliferation of industrial toxic substances over the past century has had drastic environmental and bodily effects, conventional methods of measuring and mitigating those effects continue to produce uncertainty. The project of living in a toxic world entails ethical, technical, and aesthetic efforts to understand toxicity as a contingent...
