[CPEO-BIF] EPA, NIEHS and NIOSH Showcase Environmental and Occupational Justice Research Efforts]

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. EPA Research News Release (HQ)
November 12, 2009

EPA, NIEHS and NIOSH Showcase Environmental and Occupational Justice 
Research Efforts Special online supplement to American Journal of Public 
Health: a resource for the public and policy makers


WASHINGTON - A new resource is available to those working for 
environmental and occupational justice. Appearing as a free online 
supplement to the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH), the 
compilation of articles demonstrates the advancement and evolving 
sophistication of environmental and occupational justice work, and the 
use of community-based participatory research approaches over the past 
decade. The special online issue highlights various contributions of 
environmental and occupational justice projects across the country, 
including several supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA), the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 
and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). 
The supplement was supported by the three federal partners and the 
University of Massachusetts Lowell.

The supplement includes more than 30 research-based articles, editorials 
and commentaries from community, government and academic leaders in the 
field. The topics range from reducing pesticide exposures in farming 
communities to how community-based approaches in urban and rural areas 
have successfully improved public health outcomes for low socioeconomic 
status groups, children and immigrants.

The three federal agencies have been collaborating via the Environmental 
Justice: Partnerships for Communication program to combine resources and 
information to advance environmental justice, community-based 
participatory research and workplace safety. EPA will be hosting a 
symposium on the science of disproportionate environmental health 
impacts, planned for March 2010 in Washington, D.C. NIEHS, NIOSH, 
several other federal agencies and the American Public Health 
Association will be serving as co-sponsors.

For more information on the Environmental and Occupational Justice 
online supplement to the American Journal of Public Health: 
http://www.ajph.org
The Strengthening Environmental Justice Research and Decision making: A 
Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental health 
Impacts: http://www.scgcorp.com/envirjusticesym


For the original press release, go to
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/6ADC55255D0478618525766C0065A029


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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