Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Unequal airborne exposure to toxic metals associated with race, ethnicity, and segregation in the USA

  • John K. Kodros,
  • Michelle L. Bell,
  • Francesca Dominici,
  • Christian L’Orange,
  • Krystal J. Godri Pollitt,
  • Scott Weichenthal,
  • Xiao Wu,
  • John Volckens

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33372-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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A new study assesses differences in exposure to particulate air pollution between racially segregated and racially integrated communities in the U.S, and finds that segregated communities are exposed to higher proportions of toxic and carcinogenic metals.