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Environmental and health inequities in the Lower Mississippi River Industrial Corridor
Learning Areas:
Environmental health sciencesLearning Objectives:
Describe the history and plight of certain communities in their fight to reduce pollution and exposure, with a focus on why neighborhood matters for their health and well-being.
Keyword(s): Environmental Health, Environmental Justice
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have been the principal or co-principal of multiple federally and privately funded grants focusing on environmental justice, environmental health, health and safety training pre and post disaster and environmental inequities. Many of these grants were implemented in communities or for residents of communities along the Gulf Coast. Many specifically addressed environmental justice issues within the Mississippi River Industrial Corridor known as Cancer Alley.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.