Inequality & the Environment: Moving from Science to Action that Advances Environmental Justice and Health Equity

Lara Cushing, PhD, MPH
Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity and
Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles

Abstract: People of color are more likely to breathe dirty air, drink contaminated water, and live near hazardous waste sites, industrial agriculture operations, and other sources of pollution. Accelerating climate change is having additional disproportionate effects on minoritized populations. This talk will discuss structural determinants of environmental health disparities and community-engaged research to develop decision support tools that advance environmental justice.

Presented by the University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics

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