Decades of research have demonstrated that diabetes affects racial and ethnic minority and
low-income adult populations in the US disproportionately, with relatively intractable …

The article reviews two decades of scholars' claims that exposures to pollution and other
environmental risks are unequally distributed by race and class, examines case studies of …

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 …

Racial-ethnic minorities in the United States are exposed to disproportionately high levels of
ambient fine particulate air pollution (PM2. 5), the largest environmental cause of human …

Stationary sources of air pollution are disproportionately located in communities of colour,
but the causes for this disparity are unclear. Here we assess whether racialized appraisals …

Objectives. To quantify nationwide disparities in the location of particulate matter (PM)-
emitting facilities by the characteristics of the surrounding residential population and to …

Drinking water contaminated by per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is a widespread
public health concern, and exposure–response relationships are known to vary across …

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 …

Adverse birth outcomes such as preterm birth, low-birth weight, and infant mortality continue
to disproportionately affect black and poor infants in the United States. Improvements in …

Racial or ethnic minority groups and low-income communities have poorer health outcomes
than others. They are more frequently exposed to multiple environmental hazards and social …