Overview of the EPA/NIEHS/ATSDR Workshop-"Equity in Environmental Health: Research Issues and Needs"
Author: Anderson, Yolanda Banks
Date Published: 1993
In recent years, there has been increasing concern that minority (nonwhite) and economically disadvantaged communities bear a disproportionate share of the risks of exposure and of exposure-related health effects from environmental pollutants. These concerns have been brought to the forefront by the Conference on Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards, the National Minority Health Conference: Focus on Environmental Contamination, and the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. Major publications that have discussed the nature of the problem include Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality, The Truth About Where You Live and Environmental Equity: Reducing Risk for All Communities. These activities and publications have explored a wide array of issues that are relevant to achieving the goal of equity in environmental health. The issues range from those dealing with policy and enforcement to those that are strictly rooted in science.
Date Published: 1993
In recent years, there has been increasing concern that minority (nonwhite) and economically disadvantaged communities bear a disproportionate share of the risks of exposure and of exposure-related health effects from environmental pollutants. These concerns have been brought to the forefront by the Conference on Race and the Incidence of Environmental Hazards, the National Minority Health Conference: Focus on Environmental Contamination, and the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit. Major publications that have discussed the nature of the problem include Toxic Wastes and Race in the United States, Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class and Environmental Quality, The Truth About Where You Live and Environmental Equity: Reducing Risk for All Communities. These activities and publications have explored a wide array of issues that are relevant to achieving the goal of equity in environmental health. The issues range from those dealing with policy and enforcement to those that are strictly rooted in science.
