Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Regulatory Air Quality Monitor Locations in the US.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding exposure to air pollution is important to public health, and disparities in the spatial distribution of regulatory air quality monitors could lead to exposure misclassification bias.

Objective

To determine whether racial and ethnic disparities exist in Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulatory air quality monitor locations in the US.

Design, setting, and participants

This national cross-sectional study included air quality monitors in the EPA Air Quality System regulatory monitoring repository, as well as 2022 American Community Survey Census block group estimates for racial and ethnic composition and population size. Bayesian mixed-effects models of the count of criteria pollutant monitors measuring an area were used, adjusting for pop

SUBMITTER: Kelly BC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11618472 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature