Climate change, fossil-fuel pollution, and children's health

F Perera, K Nadeau - New England Journal of Medicine, 2022 - Mass Medical Soc
Climate Change, Fossil-Fuel Pollution, and Children's Health Climate change and air
pollution, largely caused by the burning of fossil fuels, pose serious harms to children's …

Historical redlining is associated with present-day air pollution disparities in US cities

HM Lane, R Morello-Frosch, JD Marshall… - … science & technology …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Communities of color in the United States are systematically exposed to higher levels of air
pollution. We explore here how redlining, a discriminatory mortgage appraisal practice from …

Large and inequitable flood risks in Los Angeles, California

BF Sanders, JE Schubert, DT Kahl, KJ Mach… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Flood risks in the United States have historically been underestimated, particularly with
respect to human well-being and within low-wealth and marginalized communities. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Air quality, health and equity implications of electrifying heavy-duty vehicles

SF Camilleri, A Montgomery, MA Visa, JL Schnell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) disproportionately contribute to the creation of air pollutants
and emission of greenhouse gases—with marginalized populations unequally burdened by …

[HTML][HTML] Gaps and future directions in research on health effects of air pollution

R Vilcassim, GD Thurston - EBioMedicine, 2023 - thelancet.com
Despite progress in many countries, air pollution, and especially fine particulate matter air
pollution (PM 2.5) remains a global health threat: over 6 million premature cardiovascular …

Disparities in ambient nitrogen dioxide pollution in the United States

Y Wang, P Liu, J Schwartz, E Castro… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Average ambient concentrations of nitrogen dioxide (NO2), an important air pollutant, have
declined in the United States since the enactment of the Clean Air Act. Despite evidence that …

Location-specific strategies for eliminating US national racial-ethnic exposure inequality

Y Wang, JS Apte, JD Hill, CE Ivey… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Air pollution levels in the United States have decreased dramatically over the past decades,
yet national racial-ethnic exposure disparities persist. For ambient fine particulate matter …

[HTML][HTML] An environmental justice analysis of air pollution emissions in the United States from 1970 to 2010

Y Nunez, J Benavides, JA Shearston… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Over the last decades, air pollution emissions have decreased substantially; however,
inequities in air pollution persist. We evaluate county-level racial/ethnic and socioeconomic …

[HTML][HTML] Unequal airborne exposure to toxic metals associated with race, ethnicity, and segregation in the USA

JK Kodros, ML Bell, F Dominici, C L'Orange… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Persons of color have been exposed to a disproportionate burden of air pollution across the
United States for decades. Yet, the inequality in exposure to known toxic elements of air …

National Land Use Regression Model for NO2 Using Street View Imagery and Satellite Observations

M Qi, K Dixit, JD Marshall, W Zhang… - … Science & Technology, 2022 - ACS Publications
Land use regression (LUR) models are widely applied to estimate intra-urban air pollution
concentrations. National-scale LURs typically employ predictors from multiple curated …