Scientists Urge Racial Equity in U.S. Environmental Research (1)

People of color and other underrepresented groups can help shape federally funded environmental health research, as can researchers that typically aren’t involved in such studies, scientists said during two recent international conferences.

The International Society for Environmental Epidemiology and International Society of Exposure Science focused on people’s exposure to air pollution, chemicals, and climate change. The conferences came as the Biden administration works to ensure that 40% of benefits from federal clean energy and other relevant funding combats racial inequities and helps communities disproportionately impacted by pollution.

Native American communities, for example, can identify ways they can inhale, touch, and ...