Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: From COVID-19 to Lead Poisoning, Health Crises Expose Racist Policies and Practices
June 20, 2020
June 20, 2020
TROY, New York, June 20 -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute issued the following news:
The manner in which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare racist and systemic inequalities in the United States has parallels in other environmental health threats, such as lead exposure, according to an essay written for the online magazine Toxic News by two researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
In the essay, Abby Kinchy, a professor, and Dan Walls, a postdoctoral . . .
The manner in which the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare racist and systemic inequalities in the United States has parallels in other environmental health threats, such as lead exposure, according to an essay written for the online magazine Toxic News by two researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
In the essay, Abby Kinchy, a professor, and Dan Walls, a postdoctoral . . .