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How science could aid the US quest for environmental justice

Research tools to identify and help protect disadvantaged communities have been in the works for years. Scientists and activists want them put into action.
  1. Jeff Tollefson
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When US President Joe Biden took office in 2021, he put environmental justice — the quest to address pollution and other harms that disproportionately affect the health of marginalized communities — at the top of his domestic agenda. For the past decade, US researchers and activists have been working with city and state officials to develop a range of scientific tools, from maps and models to air-pollution sensors, that can be used to identify those who are most threatened by a variety of social, geographical and historical inequities. They are now pushing the Biden administration to make good on its promise.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01504-6

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  1. Castillo, M. D. et al. Geohealth 5, e2021GH000431 (2021).

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