Over the past decade activists, academics, and policymakers have devoted a great deal of
attention to “environmental equity,” or the notion that sources of potential environmental risk …

The toxic pollution problem is composed of several interrelated parts which are involved in
the process of production, use, and disposal of chemicals and products considered …

This article presents a review of major empirical research on environmental justice. Forty-
two empirical research studies spanning three decades were evaluated and categorized on …

A remaining challenge for environmental inequality researchers is to translate the principles
developed in the US to China which is experiencing the staggering environmental impacts …

Environmental justice offers researchers new insights into the juncture of social inequality
and public health and provides a framework for policy discussions on the impact of …

A considerable number of quantitative analyses have been conducted in the past several
decades that demonstrate the existence of racial and socioeconomic disparities in the …

This study presents alternative measures of environmental inequality in the 50 US states for
exposure to industrial air pollution. We examine three methodological issues. First, to what …

▪ Abstract In this review, we provide an introduction to the topics of environmental justice and
environmental inequality. We provide an overview of the dimensions of unequal exposures …

Objective. Drawing on recent debates over environmental justice and environmental racism,
this paper investigates the distribution of Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) emissions in …

This study compares the environmental hazard burden experienced by Blacks, Hispanics,
Pacific Islanders, Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Whites in each of the 329 …