Education for Environmental Justice: The Fordham Regional Environmental Sensor for Healthy Air

Stephen Holler (), Usha Sankar, Mark McNeil, Melanie Knuts and Jahred Jack
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Stephen Holler: Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Usha Sankar: Department of Biological Sciences, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Mark McNeil: Information Technology, Fordham University, 441 East Fordham Road, Bronx, NY 10458, USA
Melanie Knuts: Graduate School of Social Services, Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023, USA
Jahred Jack: Information Technology, Fordham University, 113 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023, USA

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: In urban environments, the nonuniform distribution of pollution contributes to disproportionate exposure to harmful pollutants in low-income and high-poverty neighborhoods. Particulate matter, especially of the class PM 2.5 , results from combustion processes which are a main driver for human-caused global warming and climate change. A resulting impact on socio-economically disadvantaged communities like the Bronx, NY is the high incidence of asthma, other respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular disease. This disparity is an environmental justice concern. Project FRESH Air is educating the community through STEM outreach with sensors for monitoring particulate matter, student projects, curriculum development, and wider community engagement in order to educate for environmental justice.

Keywords: particulate matter; asthma; pollution; sensors; air quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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