Environmental Health and Justice

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<td valign="top" height=412 colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Lovell A. Jones, University of Texas*</div> <bR> <div> Environmental Justice is defined as the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, ethnicity, income, national origin or educational level with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations and policies.</div> <bR> <div> Environmental equity refers to fairness in environmental decision-making and equal protection under the law.  It includes the following: 1) procedural equity involving fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people in the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.  </div> <div> 2) geographical equity referring to the location and spatial configuration of communities and their proximity to environmental hazards and locally unwanted land use, and 3) social equity referring to the role of sociological factors, such as race, culture, and political power in environmental decision-making.</div> <bR> <div> A coordinated effort is needed to improve the collection and coordination of health information and to better link this to specific populations and communities of color.</div> <div> Research related to environmental justice should engender three principles: improve the science base, involve the affected populations, and communicate the findings to all stakeholders</div> <bR> <div> *Director, Center for Research on Minority Health</div> <div> University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="government_secrecy_post_9_11.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Government Secrecy Laying Waste to the R"><U>Previous Page</U></A>      <A HREF="politics_of_food_poisoning.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Politics of food poisoning"><U>Next Page</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table><html><body><a href="http://www.zend.com/store/products/zend-safeguard-suite.php"><img border="0" src="http://www.zend.com/images/store/safeguard_optimizer_img.gif" align="right"></a><center><h1>Zend Optimizer not installed</h1></center><p>This file was encoded by the <a href="http://www.zend.com/products/zend_guard">Zend Guard</a>. 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