Harvard Chan NIEHS Center for Environmental Health
The Harvard Chan National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Center for Environmental Health is a coordinated set of resources and facilities supporting environmental health research and training activities throughout the Boston area. The center promotes integration between basic and applied environmental science, and fosters collaborations that cross departmental and institutional boundaries.
665 Huntington Ave.
Building 1-1402
Boston, MA 02115
Environmental Racism in Boston: An Interactive Web Resource
Environmental racism is the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards on people of color. This series focuses on environmental racism in greater Boston, as well as efforts to promote environmental justice in the area.
In the Media
- #EnvRacBoston project selected as Runner Up in the Humanitarian and Social Justice Category of 2022 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition (Nov 16, 2022)
- Press Release (Feb. 2, 2022)
- ‘Drawing a Line: from Redlining to Food Access Disparities in Greater Boston’ webinar with MAPC Metro Boston (Oct 6, 2022) (PDF SLIDES)
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- Introduction
- Part 1: Racial Residential Segregation in Greater Boston
- Part 2: Environmental Racism at the Neighborhood Level
- Part 3: Environmental Racism at the Household Level
- Part 4: Environmental Racism in Personal Care Products
- Parte 4: Racismo Ambiental en los Productos de Cuidado Personal (en Español)
This resource was developed by the Harvard Chan-NIEHS Center for Environmental Health as a collaboration between the Community Engagement Core and the Geospatial and Contextual Methods Core. Activities are supported by core center grant P30-ES000002 from the National Institutes of Health.
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