Pollution Archives

11.05.2025 Large crude oil storage tanks beneath an oil refinery in a green hilly area

Maternal exposure to benzene, a carcinogen present in crude oil and gas, increases the risk of developing childhood leukemia.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

11.03.2025 Bitcoin mining farm

Bitcoin mining’s rising energy demand in the U.S. drives air pollution and other health risks, with little federal oversight or regulation.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

10.28.2025 Garbage truck dumping the garbage in a landfill. Pollution and superfund site concept

Due to historical segregation and racism, communities of color and low-income populations live near the nation’s most hazardous sites.

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

09.29.2025 Trash, plastic cups, and plastic bags washed up on the shoreline at the beach. Environmental problem concept and healing the world

Areas with restrictive bag policies saw 25-47% fewer plastic bags in shoreline cleanups than areas without such policies.

Fellow Mallika Chimpiri

05.05.2025 Air emissions and global warming concept

Regulatory monitors are the gold standard for collecting air quality data, but marginalized communities have fewer monitors than White areas.

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

11.19.2024 small pile of used cigarette butts in the dirt and grass

Billions of cigarette butts are littered across U.S. streets and sidewalks. Marginalized communities bear the brunt of this pollution.

Fellow Lia Musumeci

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