Environmental Hazards, Health, and Racial Inequity in Hazardous Waste Distribution

Adeola, Francis O.

doi:10.1177/0013916594261006

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“…The results showed the same pattern for environmental experiences and health threats. In fact, despite the strong evidence suggesting inequalities in relation to the exposure to certain environmental events 12,13,14,15 , our results show that there is not a clear acknowledgement of that among our sample. This result is extremely interesting, as environmental threats can have very concrete expressions (dust, dirty water, etc.…”

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“…Evidence suggests that poor people, from underprivileged minorities, are the ones who mostly end up living in the most industrialized and polluted places 11,12,13,14,15 . For instance, a recent study conducted in England 16 showed an unequal distribution of industrial sites, with these installations disproportionately located in deprived areas and near deprived populations.…”

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Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

Lima¹,

Morais²

2015

Cad. Saúde Pública

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Health inequalities are very well documented in epidemiological research: rich people live longer and have fewer diseases than poor people. Recently, a growing amount of evidence from environmental sciences confirms that poor people are also more exposed to pollution and other environmental threats. However, research in the social sciences has shown a broad lack of awareness about health inequalities. In this paper, based on data collected in Portugal, we will analyze the consciousness of both health and environmental injustices and test one hypothesis for this social blindness. The results show, even more clearly than before, that public opinion tends to see rich and poor people as being equally susceptible to health and environmental events. Furthermore, those who have this equal view of the world present lower levels of depression and anxiety. Following cognitive adaptation theory, this “belief in an equal world” can be interpreted as a protective positive illusion about social justice, particularly relevant in one of the most unequal countries in Europe.

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Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

Lima¹,

Morais²

2015

Cad. Saúde Pública

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“…This is consistent with other studies that have examined public concerns surrounding the remediation of contaminated sites (3,14,21). The high rating given to public involvement, moreover, appears consistent with the findings of recent studies that contend that the public perceives many of the gravest threats to health and environmental well-being as attributable to a lack of political accountability, a need for direct citizen activism, and a high degree of distrust toward authorities perceived to be responsible for environmental hazards (14,22 bViewed as minimal concern as determined by percentage of respondents choosing 1 or 2 on a 1-5 rating scale.…”

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Public perceptions of a radioactively contaminated site: concerns, remediation preferences, and desired involvement.

Feldman

Hanahan

1996

Environ Health Perspect

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Public aversion to plans by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to remediate radionuclide-contaminated sites under its jurisdiction is due in large part to three factors: a lack of confidence in the ability of the DOE to manage these sites; the perception that the department pays insufficient attention to public health, the environment, and options for future land use; and previous DOE failure to elicit public opinions about the management and remediation of these sites. By eliciting public attitudes toward the remediation of one set of DOE sites in a large metropolitan area, this case study tries to gauge the relationship between public concerns about the site and attitudes regarding proposed remediation strategies. It also seeks to ascertain if and how the public wants to participate in the selection of remediation strategies.Considerable research has been done on public perceptions of the risks associated with hazardous and radionuclide-contaminated sites (1-3). However, few studies have related these risk perceptions to public views toward remediation strategies. For example, do members of the affected public who view the site as a health risk prefer a certain type of remediation strategy?The Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) in St. Louis, Missouri, provides a unique opportunity to explore these issues. Recently at this site, controversy has emerged over proposed remediation strategies that could leave considerable amounts of contaminated materials within the community. As a result of public opposition to these plans, the DOE has decided to elicit public input into the process of selecting a remediation strategy so that the strategy that is chosen is durable and politically acceptable.

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“…3;2014 livestock, environmental pollutions, and an increasing number of incidents that have caused ill-health and epidemic of diseases like malaria and respiratory diseases. A potentially more serious risk to human health is the contamination of source of water supply (Adeola, 1996).…”

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Spatio-Temporal Implications of Inadequate Water and Sanitation on Residents of Ijora-Badia Area of Lagos State, Nigeria

Lukeman¹

2014

EER

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In recent times, it has been proofed that industrial revolution, urbanization, inadequate provision of facilities, poor urban management and poverty were the determinant of environmental condition of city dwellers. In this paper, the sanitary condition of the environment of residents of Ijora Badia was investigated. Some of the sanitary conditions data involving sources of drinking water, sources of cooking, method of waste disposal, types of toilet facility, drainage system and road conditions were collected through questionnaires, personal interview, direct observation and focus group discussion. The research population was based on the total number of existing buildings from which the total numbers of household head were determined and 5% of the total household head population was taken for the interview. Findings reveal that 65.5% of the residence sources of drinking water is through water vendor which has aggravated the water borne diseases, 93.1% of residence sources of cooking is stove which cause respiratory disease among the households. The paper suggests among other things that all stakeholders in the built environment should see to the welfare and provision of environmental facilities in order to make life comfortable and functional for the slum dwellers.

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Environmental Hazards, Health, and Racial Inequity in Hazardous Waste Distribution

Cited by 94 publications

References 16 publications

Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

Lay perceptions of health and environmental inequalities and their associations to mental health

Public perceptions of a radioactively contaminated site: concerns, remediation preferences, and desired involvement.

Spatio-Temporal Implications of Inadequate Water and Sanitation on Residents of Ijora-Badia Area of Lagos State, Nigeria

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