We Need Environmental Health Justice Research and Action for LGBTQ+ People

2022 ◽  
Vol 112 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-56
Author(s):  
Timothy W. Collins ◽  
Sara E. Grineski ◽  
Danielle X. Morales
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Health ◽  
Justice Research ◽  
Health Justice

scholarly journals Community-Level Analysis of Drinking Water Data Highlights the Importance of Drinking Water Metrics for the State, Federal Environmental Health Justice Priorities in the United States

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (19) ◽  
pp. 10401
Author(s):  
Uloma Igara Uche ◽  
Sydney Evans ◽  
Soren Rundquist ◽  
Chris Campbell ◽  
Olga V. Naidenko
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
Cancer Risk ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
Water Systems ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Community Water ◽  
Health Justice ◽  
The U.S

Research studies analyzing the geospatial distribution of air pollution and other types of environmental contamination documented the persistence of environmental health disparities between communities. Due to the shortage of publicly available data, only limited research has been published on the geospatial distribution of drinking water pollution. Here we present a framework for the joint consideration of community-level drinking water data and demographic data. Our analysis builds on a comprehensive data set of drinking water contaminant occurrence for the United States for 2014–2019 and the American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2015–2019) from the U.S. Census Bureau. Focusing on the U.S. states of California and Texas for which geospatial data on community water system service boundaries are publicly available, we examine cumulative cancer risk for water served by community water systems of different sizes relative to demographic characteristics for the populations served by these water systems. In both California and Texas, greater cumulative cancer risk was observed for water systems serving communities with a higher percentage of Hispanic/Latino and Black/African American community members. This investigation demonstrates that it is both practical and essential to incorporate and expand the drinking water data metrics in the analysis of environmental pollution and environmental health. The framework presented here can support the development of public policies to advance environmental health justice priorities on state and federal levels in the U.S.

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