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Zotero bibliography-Sukriti Kapur

The literature presented here has tried to focus on impacts of human health owing to air pollution to better measure environmental injustice.

Fieldnote Mar 20 2023 - 6:18am

AB617 meeting

South LA 

March 9th 2023

Asking community members about stories in south LA (SLA) and any initiatives they are taking

Fieldnote Mar 10 2023 - 2:44pm

Jill started by discussing Environmental injustice

Envt equalities also stem from well-intended advocates in the non-profit sector

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ciera.williams

The study was published in BMC Infectious Diseases, a peer-reviewed journal on the prevention, diagnoisis, and management of infectious disease. The journal seems to be genrally well respected.

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ciera.williams

Following the attacks on 9/11/2001, a number of health issues arose in the population of residents and workers present. Dust and other toxins inhaled from the rubble created a number of respiratory issues. The need for monitoring of these, and other, health conditions is what lead to the need for such a policy. Without the policy in place, victims would need to fund their own healthcare, and with the large number of affected people, the price would be more or less ridiculous to force on people.