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Achieving Environmental Justice: The Role Of Occupational Health, George Friedman-Jiménez, M.D.
Achieving Environmental Justice: The Role Of Occupational Health, George Friedman-Jiménez, M.D.
Fordham Urban Law Journal
The current rapidly growing interest in environmental justice is both timely and important. Occupational health is an integral part of assuring environmental justice. Concrete examples of environmental inequity leading directly to unequal health status can be found in occupational health literature and among the patients of occupational health clinics which serve populations that include low wage workers and workers of color. The toxic properties and health effects of many environmental contaminants were originally discovered in workplace settings where workers were repeatedly exposed to high doses of such contaminants. In the future, clinical occupational medicine, occupational epidemiology, occupational toxicology, and occupational …
Transportation Controls: Time To Clear The Air, Ellen Hershkowitz
Transportation Controls: Time To Clear The Air, Ellen Hershkowitz
Fordham Urban Law Journal
Transportation control is an air pollution control strategy aimed at reducing the high levels of pollutants emitted by motor vehicles in urban environments. This Note examines the transportation control measures and transportation control plans adopted by New York and Texas. The Notes focuses on the different approaches taken by the two states, as a result of their available resources. New York has focused its energies on improving traffic flow, and mass transit, while Texas transportation control plans have focused on van and car pool programs, and park and ride facilities. The Note further examines the litigation resulting from the transportation …