Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

Nationwide geospatial analysis of county racial and ethnic composition and public drinking water arsenic and uranium

  • Irene Martinez-Morata,
  • Benjamin C. Bostick,
  • Otakuye Conroy-Ben,
  • Dustin T. Duncan,
  • Miranda R. Jones,
  • Maya Spaur,
  • Kevin P. Patterson,
  • Seth J. Prins,
  • Ana Navas-Acien,
  • Anne E. Nigra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35185-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Environmental justice and drinking water in the US: Higher proportions of Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and non-Hispanic Black residents were associated with higher public water arsenic and uranium at the county-level, findings differed by region.