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. 2012 Oct;102(10):1974-80.
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2012.300700. Epub 2012 Aug 16.

Assessment of the distribution of toxic release inventory facilities in metropolitan Charleston: an environmental justice case study

Sacoby M Wilson  1 , Herb Fraser-Rahim, Edith Williams, Hongmei Zhang, LaShanta Rice, Erik Svendsen, Winston Abara
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Assessment of the distribution of toxic release inventory facilities in metropolitan Charleston: an environmental justice case study

Sacoby M Wilson et al. Am J Public Health. 2012 Oct.

Abstract

Objectives: We assessed spatial disparities in the distribution of Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) facilities in Charleston, SC.

Methods: We used spatial methods and regression to assess burden disparities in the study area at the block and census-tract levels by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status (SES).

Results: Results revealed an inverse relationship between distance to TRI facilities and race/ethnicity and SES at the block and census-tract levels. Results of regression analyses showed a positive association between presence of TRI facilities and high percentage non-White and a negative association between number of TRI facilities and high SES.

Conclusions: There are burden disparities in the distribution of TRI facilities in Charleston at the block and census-tract level by race/ethnicity and SES. Additional research is needed to understand cumulative risk in the region.

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FIGURE 1—
Map of Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) facilities (2008) in Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), by percentage of non-White population (2000).
FIGURE 2—
FIGURE 2—
Results of buffer analysis by percentage of Black and non-White population for Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area at census tract level, 2000.
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