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    Health Disparities in the Aftermath of Flood Events: A Review of Physical and Mental Health Outcomes with Methodological Considerations in the USA

    This review applies an environmental justice perspective to synthesize knowledge of flood-related health disparities across demographic groups in the USA. The primary aim is to examine differential impacts on ...

    Aaron B. Flores, Jonathan A. Sullivan, Yilei Yu in Current Environmental Health Reports (2024)

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    Redlining, racism and food access in US urban cores

    In the 1930s, the Home Owners’ Loan Corporation (HOLC) graded the mortgage security of urban US neighborhoods. In doing so, the HOLC engaged in the practice, imbued with racism and xenophobia, of “redlining” n...

    Yasamin Shaker, Sara E. Grineski, Timothy W. Collins in Agriculture and Human Values (2023)

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    Petrochemical releases disproportionately affected socially vulnerable populations along the Texas Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey

    Hurricane Harvey resulted in a natural-technological disaster in which flooding caused petrochemical facilities to release hazardous chemicals. Natural-technological disasters are rarely analyzed from an envir...

    Aaron B. Flores, Alyssa Castor, Sara E. Grineski in Population and Environment (2021)