Distribution of environmental justice metrics for exposure to CAFOs in North Carolina, USA.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several studies have reported environmental disparities regarding exposure to concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). Public health implications of environmental justice from the intensive livestock industry are of great concern in North Carolina (NC), USA, a state with a large number and extensive history of CAFOs.

Objectives

We examined disparities by exposure to CAFOs using several environmental justice metrics and considering potentially vulnerable subpopulations.

Methods

We obtained data on permitted animal facilities from NC Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). Using ZIP code level variables from the 2010 Census, we evaluated environmental disparities by eight environmental justice metrics (i.e., percentage of Non-Hispanic White, Non-His

SUBMITTER: Son JY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7987827 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature