Background
What is the fundamental cause behind environmental racism?
Systemic Racism
How did banks use redlining maps?
Assessed loan risk, approved loans in green/blue areas, denied loans in red areas.
2.5 or 10 micrometers in diameter.
Particulate matter.
Define food deserts in an urban setting.
Areas with limited, quality nutritious food within a mile.
How would you describe a cumulative burden?
Low income/minority groups dealing with more than one issue. Instead its the compounding of systemic issues.
What resources are limited in redlined areas?
Healthcare, grocery stores, parks/green spaces, quality housing and infrastructure.
Can make acid rain.
Sulfur or nitrogen oxides.
How are the health risks that come with food deserts related?
Lack of quality nutrition, dependency on processed foods.
According to the workshop participants, why is it critical for researchers to translate scientific findings into "plain language" rather than just publishing them in academic journals?
Translating research into plain language ensures that the people who have a stake in, and who benefit from, the research can understand the findings.
Why are redlined areas near highways/industry?
Seen as undersirable, used for industrial development, less power to resist harmful land use
One of the four sectors that POC are most exposed to.
Industrial, Connstruction, Heavy Duty Diesel Vehicles, Light Duty Gas Vehicles.
What are potential community based solutions to providing greater access to healthy food ?
Local gardens, food redistribution, etc.
What is health harming vs health protective infrastructure?
Health harming is discriminatory practices and things like bad water filtration systems, toxic dumping zones, etc. Where as health protective policies allow for clean parks, clean water, no dumping policies, etc
What health conditions are more common?
Asthma/respiratory disease, heart disease, diabetes, higher rates of chronic illness.
Leads to higher risks of breast cancer in women.
Living next to major roadways.
How is redlining related to the formation of food deserts?
Actively neglecting development and growth of neighborhoods/communities through limited financial resources, labeled as hazardous to discourage development
How does the "cumulative burden" framework change the way environmental health is studied compared to traditional "single-pollutant" research models?
Traditional research often examines the health impact of one chemical or stressor in isolation. In contrast, the cumulative burden framework accounts for the total, combined effect of multiple environmental hazards.
Why do redlining effects still matter today?
Old patterns still exist, long-term disinvestment, ongoing health/resource gaps, continued systemic inequality.
A pollutant commonly found in the Cancer Alley, Louisiana.
Ethylene oxide, chloroprene.
What are the problems that come from relying on systemic and institutional changes?
Longer time, opposing views