Author(s): Wiley

Resource Type: News Article

Publisher: Medical Xpress

Subject: Environmental Justice, Health, Air Pollution

High levels of traffic-related air pollutants have been linked with elevated risks of developing cancer and other diseases. New research indicates that multiple aspects of structural racism—the ways in which societal laws, policies, and practices systematically disadvantage certain racial or ethnic groups—may contribute to increased exposure to carcinogenic traffic-related air pollution. The findings are published in the journal Cancer.

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