Race, wealth, and solid waste facilities in North Carolina
Race, wealth, and solid waste facilities in North Carolina
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DOI：
10.1289/ehp.10161
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
影响因子：
10.4
通讯作者：
Cravey, Altha J.
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作者：
Norton, Jennifer M.;Wing, Steve;Cravey, Altha J.
背景技术背景：北卡罗来纳州的人们已经表示关注，认为固体废物处理设施可能不成比例地位于贫困社区和有色人种社区，这代表了环境不公正，并且固体废物处理设施会对宿主社区的健康产生负面影响。目的：我们在这项研究中的目标是对固体废物处理设施的位置与社区种族和财富的关系进行全州范围的分析。我们使用人口普查区块组，以获得种族和经济特征，并从固体废物设施许可证记录中提取有关固体废物设施的信息。我们使用逻辑回归计算2003年的患病率比值比，使用考克斯回归计算1990年至2003年之间获得许可的设施的风险比。与有色人种< 10%的街区组相比，有色人种占50%的街区组中固体废物设施的调整后患病率是2.8倍，与房价中值为10万美元的街区组相比，房价中值<6万美元的街区组的房价高出1.5倍。在块组中，没有以前允许的固体废物设施，调整后的危险，一个新的允许的设施是2.7倍，在块组与50%的人的颜色相比，块组与<10%people of color.CONCLUSION：固体废物设施提出了许多公共卫生问题。在北卡罗来纳州，固体废物处理设施不成比例地位于有色人种和低财富社区。如果不采取行动促进环境正义，继续需要新的设施可能会加剧这种环境不公正。
BACKGROUND: Concern has been expressed in North Carolina that solid waste facilities may be disproportionately located in poor communities and in communities of color, that this represents an environmental injustice, and that solid waste facilities negatively impact the health of host communities.OBJECTIVE: Our goal in this study was to conduct a statewide analysis of the location of solid waste facilities in relation to community race and wealth.METHODS: We used census block groups to obtain racial and economic characteristics, and information on solid waste facilities was abstracted from solid waste facility permit records. We used logistic regression to compute prevalence odds ratios for 2003, and Cox regression to compute hazard ratios of facilities issued permits between 1990 and 2003.RESULTS: The adjusted prevalence odds of a solid waste facility was 2.8 times greater in block groups with a 50% people of color compared with block groups with < 10% people of color, and 1.5 times greater in block groups with median house values < $60,000 compared with block groups with median house values a $100,000. Among block groups that did not have a previously permitted solid waste facility, the adjusted hazard of a new permitted facility was 2.7 times higher in block groups with a 50% people of color compared with block groups with < 10% people of color.CONCLUSION: Solid waste facilities present numerous public health concerns. In North Carolina solid waste facilities are disproportionately located in communities of color and low wealth. In the absence of action to promote environmental justice, the continued need for new facilities could exacerbate this environmental injustice.