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LISTEN: Pradnya Garud on the role of unions in climate justice

Environmental Health News

Pradnya Garud joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the role of unions in climate and environmental justice. So caste system is an hierarchical social structure in which people are divided based on their birth.So So broadly speaking, what does an environmental health data equity strategist do?

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Could biomass fuel use perpetuate the poverty trap through cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality?

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

The World Health Organization’s latest global air quality guidelines point out that indoor air pollution causes a health burden that mostly affects people in low- and middle-income countries. We found that solid fuels used for cooking or heating are a potential mediator between socioeconomic factors and health status.

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Black Americans Still Suffer Worse Health. Here’s Why There’s So Little Progress

KFF Health News

One morning in late April, a small brick health clinic along the Thurgood Marshall Highway bustled with patients. But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. Research shows Black youth ages 1 to 17 are 18 times as likely to suffer a gun homicide as their white counterparts.