Linking environmental injustices in Detroit, MI to institutional racial segregation through historical federal redlining.
Abas ShkembiLauren M SmithRichard L NeitzelPublished in: Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology (2022)
Historically redlined neighborhoods may have a disproportionately higher risk of developing cancer and adverse respiratory health outcomes from air toxics. Policies targeting air and noise pollution from transportation sources, particularly from sources of diesel exhaust, in historically redlined neighborhoods may ameliorate some of the impacts of structural environmental racism from historical redlining in Detroit.
Keyphrases
- human health
- public health
- particulate matter
- risk assessment
- drinking water
- papillary thyroid
- air pollution
- healthcare
- heavy metals
- climate change
- life cycle
- mental health
- cancer therapy
- lymph node metastasis
- emergency department
- drug delivery
- african american
- health promotion
- respiratory tract
- electronic health record
- adverse drug