Environmental Justice

Footnotes

1. Haley, V. B. and Talbot, T.O. Geographic Analysis of Blood Lead Levels in New York State Children Born 1994–1997. Environ Health Perspect. 2004 November; 112(15):1577–1582. Also, see the work of Lanphear BP, Weitzman M, Eberly S. Racial differences in urban children’s environmental exposures to lead. Am J Public Health. 1996;86: 1460–1463.
2. Claudio L, Tulton L, Doucette J, Landrigan PJ. Socioeconomic factors and asthma hospitalization rates in New York City. J Asthma 36: 343–350 (1999).
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “Asthma Mortality and Hospitalization among Children and Young Adults-United States, 1980–1993,” Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 45 (1996):350–353.
4. Clinton, William. February 11, 1994. Executive Order 12898 – Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations. Accessible at: http://www.epa.gov / compliance / resources / policies / ej / exec_order_12898.pdf.
5. Office of the Inspector General “EPA Needs to Conduct Environmental Justice Reviews of its Programs, Policies and Activities.” Report No. 2006-P-00034, September 18, 2006. Accessible at: http://www.epa.gov / oig / reports / 2006 / 20060918-2006-P-00034.pdf.

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