John H Horne, Henry W Woolley, Aubrey Roy, Wendy M Schluchter, Jerome J Howard
Teaching Basic Calculations in an Introductory Biology Lab
Journal of microbiology & biology education
industrial facilities located uniformly across communities united states burden exposure carcinogenic air emissions may vary across population characteristics unclear evaluated differences carcinogenic industrial pollution among major sociodemographic groups united states puerto rico evaluated crosssectional associations population characteristics including race ethnicity educational attainment poverty census tract level pointsource industrial emissions 21 known human carcinogens using regulatory data us environmental protection agency odds ratios 95 confidence intervals comparing highest emissions tertile quintile referent group zero emissions ie nonexposed sociodemographic characteristics estimated using multinomial population densityadjusted logistic regression models 2018 approximately 74 million people lived census tracts nearly 12 million pounds carcinogenic air releases odds tracts greatest burden benzene 13butadiene ethylene oxide formaldehyde trichloroethylene nickel emissions compared nonexposed 1020 higher african american populations whereas white populations 18 less likely live tracts highest emissions among hispanic latino populations odds 1621 higher benzene 13butadiene ethylene oxide populations experiencing poverty less high school education associated 51 higher burden irrespective race ethnicity carcinogenic industrial emissions disproportionately impact african american hispanic latino populations people limited education experiencing poverty thus representing source pollution may contribute observed cancer disparities