Justice 40

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This is not a web tool. This is an experiment. It is an exploration on how to present Environmental Justice (EJ) datasets in a unified way. Later, we will add widgets and features to convert this presentation into a more useful tool to explore bias in EJ data.
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EJSCREEN PLATFORM EXPLORATIONS

There are significant — maybe even irreconcilable — flaws in both the existing and emerging tools to prioritize and monitor Federal funding for environmental justice. The flaws are constitutional in the technology, methodology, and data collection, leading to geographic bias, misrepresented human impacts, and even cybersecurity weak points.

This prototype is an evolving exploration aimed at improving the access, delivery and dissemination of such data.

PM 2.5 refers to a category of fine particulate pollutant that is 2.5 microns or smaller in size. Increased negative health effects are reported when higher quantities of PM 2.5 are present, including increased incidence of respiratory disease and cardiovascular effects.

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Credit: EPA, Office of Air and Radiation (OAR) fusion of model and monitor data
Units: Annual average (µg/m3)

Toxic, or hazardous, air pollutants include a variety of gases, compounds and elements, such as hydrogen chloride, benzene, asbestos, or mercury, among others. Toxic air is known or suspected to cause cancer or other serious health effects, such as reproductive or birth defects, or adverse environmental effects.

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Credit: EPA NATA
Units: Lifetime cancer risk from inhalation of air toxics

Ground level ozone, is not emitted directly into the air, but is created by chemical reactions when pollutants are emitted by cars, power plants, industry and chemical reaction. When inhaled, it reacts chemically with many biological molecules in the respiratory tract, leading to a number of adverse health effects

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Credit: EPA, OAR fusion of model and monitor data
Units: Ozone summer seasonal avg. of daily maximum 8-hour concentration in air in parts per billion

More frequent, extreme rainfall is projected; it may result in more floods, of greater intensity and various types. Flooding has extensive and significant effects on health, spanning the short and long terms and ranging from drowning and injuries to infectious diseases and mental-health problems.

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Credit: Flood Factor
Units: Deciles of flood risk

EJ Score - Under development.

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Credit: EJ Score is an open source project collaboration between different EJ partners

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RACIAL DOT MAP

About THE RACIAL DOT MAP

This racial dot map is an American snapshot; it provides an accessible visualization of geographic distribution, population density, and racial diversity of the American people in every neighborhood in the entire country. The map displays 308,745,538 dots, one for each person residing in the United States at the location they were counted during the 2010 Census. Each dot is color-coded by the individual’s race and ethnicity. The map is presented in both black and white and full color versions. In the color version, each dot is color-coded by race.

Credit: Weldon Cooper Centre