Background: Cancer is the leading cause of death in Canada and a major cause of death
worldwide. Environmental exposure to carcinogens and environments that may relate to …

Many environmental justice studies have sought to examine the effect of residential
segregation on unequal exposure to environmental factors among different social groups …

Objectives. To assess the environmental justice implications of flooding from Hurricane
Harvey in Greater Houston, Texas, we analyzed whether the areal extent of flooding was …

Excessive exposure to ambient light at night is a well-documented hazard to human health,
yet analysts have not examined it from an environmental justice (EJ) perspective. We …

This article outlines a conceptual model and comparatively applies it to results from
environmental justice (EJ) studies of flood risk in the Miami, Florida, and Houston, Texas …

Children are especially vulnerable to the health and developmental impacts of
environmental hazards and they spend significant portions of their days at school. Yet there …

Heat waves are the most significant cause of mortality in the US compared to other natural
hazards. Prior studies have found increased heat exposure for individuals of lower …

While numerous environmental justice (EJ) studies have found socially disadvantaged
groups such as racial/ethnic minorities and low-income individuals to be disproportionately …

Objectives Although research shows that public health is substantially affected during and
after disasters, few studies have examined the health effects of Hurricane Harvey, which …

Air pollution is deleterious to human health, and numerous studies have documented racial
and socioeconomic inequities in air pollution exposures. Despite the marginalized status of …