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Linking exposure assessment science with policy objectives for environmental justice and breast cancer advocacy: the northern California household exposure study

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  • Brody, J.G.
  • Morello-Frosch, R.
  • Zota, A.
  • Brown, P.
  • Pérez, C.
  • Rudel, R.A.

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OBJECTIVES: We compared an urban fence-line community (neighboring an oil refinery) and a nonindustrial community in an exposure study focusing on pollutants of interest with respect to breast cancer and environmental justice. METHODS: We analyzed indoor and outdoor air from 40 homes in industrial Richmond, California, and 10 in rural Bolinas, California, for 153 compounds, including particulates and endocrine disruptors. RESULTS: Eighty compounds were detected outdoors in Richmond and 60 in Bolinas; Richmond concentrations were generally higher. Richmond's vanadium and nickel levels indicated effects of heavy oil combustion from oil refining and shipping; these levels were among the state's highest. In nearly half of Richmond homes, PM(2.5) exceeded California's annual ambient air quality standard. Paired outdoor-indoor measurements were significantly correlated for industry- and traffic-related PM(2.5), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, elemental carbon, metals, and sulfates (r = 0.54-0.92, P

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  • Brody, J.G. & Morello-Frosch, R. & Zota, A. & Brown, P. & Pérez, C. & Rudel, R.A., 2009. "Linking exposure assessment science with policy objectives for environmental justice and breast cancer advocacy: the northern California household exposure study," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 99(S3), pages 600-609.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2009:99:s3:s600-609_5
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    2. James L. Sadd & Manuel Pastor & Rachel Morello-Frosch & Justin Scoggins & Bill Jesdale, 2011. "Playing It Safe: Assessing Cumulative Impact and Social Vulnerability through an Environmental Justice Screening Method in the South Coast Air Basin, California," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 8(5), pages 1-19, May.
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    4. James E. S. Nolan & Eric S. Coker & Bailey R. Ward & Yahna A. Williamson & Kim G. Harley, 2021. "“Freedom to Breathe”: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) to Investigate Air Pollution Inequities in Richmond, CA," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-18, January.
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