title: Demographics of dumping. II: A national environmental equity survey and the distribution of hazardous materials handlers.
abstract: Using a national survey of facilities governed by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), we examine the sociospatial distribution of a much larger group of hazardous materials handlers than did previous environmental equity studies. Overall we find that RCRA-governed facilities are more likely to be sited in working-class neighborhoods with lower percentages of minority residents. We do not find evidence of stark environmental inequities. RCRA facilities, however, are close to neighborhoods with a higher percentage of minority residents. And in nonmetropolitan areas, they are slightly more likely to be located in neighborhoods with a higher percentage of black residents.
authors.affiliation: Social and Demographic Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst 01003-4830, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Anderton
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D004493:Education; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D015386:Hazardous Substances; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D016013:Likelihood Functions; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016273:Occupational Exposure; D009790:Occupations; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011203:Poverty; D011204:Poverty Areas; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018401:Sample Size; D013689:Telephone; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances