Environmental Justice Screening Tool

Author

Manjul Balayar

Published

July 11, 2024

Brief Description

The Environmental Justice Screening Tool Dataset provides information on various environmental and health hazards that can affect communities, helping to identify areas with higher risks and vulnerabilities. It includes pre-calculated measures such as air toxics cancer risk, respiratory hazard index, and proximity to hazardous waste.

Source: EPA - EJScreen

Measures

  1. Cancer_Risk: Evaluates the risk of cancer associated with exposure to air toxics.
  2. Resp_Hazard_Index: Assesses the risk to respiratory health from exposure to air toxics.
  3. Toxic_Release_Air: Measures the amount of toxic substances released into the air.
  4. Hazard_Waste_Prox: Indicates the proximity to hazardous waste sites.
  5. Wastewater_Discharge: Represents the quantity of wastewater discharged into the environment.

All of these measures were pre-calculated, with detailed information on their exact calculation available in the data source PDF. While the dataset includes numerous potential measures, we focused on using the most general ones.

EJScreen Technical Documentation