ArticleLocal environment2022
A Community-Integrated Geographic Information System Study of Air Pollution Exposure Impacts in Colfax, LA.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Industrial Pollution and Health in Louisiana: A Systematic Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies.Current environmental health reports · 2026Pooled it
- Changes in community members' toenail metal concentrations after cessation of nearby open-burn thermal treatment of munitions waste.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2026Article
- Understanding the influence of environmentally persistent free radical location on reactive oxygen species generation in soils.Chemosphere · 2026Article
- Shifts in soil microbiome surrounding a thermal treatment facility for hazardous waste: the hidden impact of environmentally persistent free radicals.Environmental science. Processes & impacts · 2026Article
- Spatial distribution of persistent components of particulate matter near a hazardous waste thermal treatment facility.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2026Article
- Persistent chemicals in particulate matter (PM) near a hazardous waste thermal treatment facility.Atmospheric pollution research · 2025Article
- Empowering Citizens Through the Development and Deployment of a Community-Based Environmental Health Reporting Tool.Environmental justice (Print) · 2025Article
- A case study of long-term disease burden in a rural community near an open burn facility.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Proximity to a hazardous waste thermal treatment facility alters human physiology: a community-driven pilot study.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2025Article
- A Community-Engaged Oral History Study as a Tool for Understanding Environmental Justice Aspects of Human Exposures to Hazardous Waste Thermal Treatment Emissions in Colfax, LA.Environmental justice (Print) · 2024Article
- Oral histories document community mobilisation to participate in decision-making regarding a hazardous waste thermal treatment facility.Local environment · 2024Article
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Abstract
A community-integrated geographic information systems (CIGIS) study assimilating qualitative and quantitative information about human exposures and health was conducted in Colfax, Louisiana, which hosts a commercial open burn/open detonation thermal treatment (TT) facility that destroys waste from Superfund sites, explosives, military ordnances, and propellants. Fifty-eight percent of residents identified as Black, and median annual income was $16,318, with 90% of the population living below the poverty line. We conducted oral history interviews of twenty-nine residents and mined public records to document the community's experiences. Interviews focused on themes of Colfax's history, changing community fabric, resident health, and air pollution. The oral histories and public comments by community members provided information about lived experiences, including several health conditions, toleration of noise and vibration, property damage, and resulting changes to activity levels. These statements provided insight into the extent of suffering experienced by the local community. We also ran dispersion models for dates in 2020 when the waste stream composition, mass, and burn/smoldering times were provided in the facility's public records. The dispersion models placed the air pollution at the homes of residents during some of the time, and waste stream records from the TT facility agree with community testimony about health effects based on the known health effects of those compounds. CIGIS integration of our community-based qualitative data and maps with quantitative air pollution dispersion model output illustrated alignment between community complaints of impacts to health and property, known toxicological information about waste stream compounds, and dispersion model output.
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