COMMUNITY RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Dedicated to
Ruth Virginia Sherlog Brugge (19231989) and David Martin Brugge (DB)
and
For my community partners who have become friends and colleagues. With gratitude for what I have learned from you and respect for your committed and vital work. (HPH)
Community Research in Environmental Health
Studies in Science, Advocacy and Ethics
Edited by
DOUG BRUGGE
Tufts University School of Medicine
H. PATRICIA HYNES
Boston University School of Public Health
First published 2005 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by Routledge
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Community research in environmental health : studies in science, advocacy and ethics
1. Environmental health - Research - Citizen participation
2. Health risk assessment - Citizen participation
I. Brugge, Doug II. Hynes, H. Patricia
363.7'057'072
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Community research in environmental health : studies in science, advocacy and ethics/ [edited] by Doug Brugge and H. Patricia Hynes.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-7546-4176-7
1. Environmental health--Research--United States. 2. Environmental protection--United States. 3. Urban health--United States.
I. Brugge, Doug. II. Hynes, H. Patricia.
[DNLM: 1. Environmental Health--Boston. 2. Urban Health--Boston. 3. Cross-Sectional Studies--Boston. 4. Public Housing--Boston. WA 380 C734 2004]
RA566.3.C65 2004
362.19698--dc22
2004020997
ISBN 9780754641766 (hbk)
Typeset by IML Typographers, Birkenhead, Merseyside
Contents
Doug Brugge and H. Patricia Hynes
H. Patricia Hynes, Doug Brugge, Julie Watts and Jody Lally
Doug Brugge and Alison Kole
James Krieger, Tim K. Takaro, Carol Allen, Lin Song, Marcia Weaver, Sanders Chai and Philip Dickey
Julian Agyeman and Dale Bryan
Jill S. Litt, H. Patricia Hynes, Paul Carroll, Robert Maxfield, Pat McLaine and Carol Kawecki
Katherine Alaimo, Thomas M. Reischl, Pete Hutchison and Ashley E. Atkinson
Doug Brugge, Andrew Leong, Abigail Averbach and Fu Mei Cheung
Doug Brugge, Zenobia Lai, Christina Hill and William Rand
Patrick L. Kinney, Maneesha Aggarwal, Mary E. Northridge, Nicole A.H. Janssen and Peggy Shepard
Rachel Morello-Frosch, Manuel Pastor Jr., Carlos Porras and James Sadd
Dianne Quigley, Virginia Sanchez, Dan Handy, Robert Goble and Patricia George
Steve Wing
H. Patricia Hynes and Doug Brugge
Maneesha Aggarwal is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
Julian Agyeman is with the Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University.
Katherine Alaimo is with the Michigan State University Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition.
Carol Allen is with Public Health Seattle and King County and Seattle Partners for Healthy Communities.
Ashley E. Atkinson is with Greening of Detroit.
Abigail Averbach is with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Doug Brugge is with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dale Bryan is with the Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University.
Paul Carroll is with the New England Regional Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency.
Sanders Chai is with the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine and the University of Washington School Medicine.
Fu Mei Cheung is with the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center.
Philip Dickey is with Washington Toxics Coalition.
Patricia George is with the Citizen Alert Native American Program.
Robert Goble is with the Center for Technology, Environment, and Development, Clark University.
Dan Handy is with Landmark College.
Christina Hill is a recent graduate of Tufts University.
Pete Hutchison is with the First Presbyterian Church, Flint, Michigan.
H. Patricia Hynes is with the Department of Environmental Health at Boston University School of Public Health.
Nicole A.H. Janssen is with the Department of Environmental Sciences, Environmental and Occupational Health Group, University of Wageningen.
Carol Kawecki is with the National Center for Healthy Housing.
Patrick L. Kinney is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
James Krieger is with Public Health Department Seattle and King County, the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, the University of Washington School Medicine, and Seattle Partners for Healthy Communities.
Zenobia Lai is with Greater Boston Legal Services.
Jody Lally is with the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Andrew Leong is with the Law Center, University of Massachusetts Boston and the Campaign to Protect Chinatown.
Jill S. Litt is with the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biometrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
Robert Maxfield is with the New England Regional Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency.
Pat McLaine is with the National Center for Healthy Housing.
Rachel Morello-Frosch is with Brown University.
Mary E. Northridge is with the Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Joseph L. Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University and the Harlem Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.
Manuel Pastor Jr. is with the Center for Justice, Tolerance and Community, University of California.
Carlos Porras is with Communities for a Better Environment.
Dianne Quigley is with the Religion Department, Syracuse University.
William Rand is with the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine.
Thomas M. Reischl is with the Prevention Research Center of Michigan, University of Michigan, School of Public Health.
James Sadd is with Environmental Sciences, Occidental College.
