EPA has poured millions of dollars into research aimed at gauging the sum of pollution’s effects on neighborhoods and communities.
To what end?
That question surfaced repeatedly during an EPA advisory panel’s discussion Wednesday on what is technically known as cumulative impacts assessment. Long-term, the answer could reverberate through the campaign to lessen the disproportionate toll that dirty air takes on people of color and low-income communities.
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For now, however, EPA is seeking feedback on how to make best use of such assessments, Trish Koman, environmental justice coordinator and scientist at EPA’s air office, told members of the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee.
