Environmental Injustice and Industrial Chicken Farming in Maryland

Maryland’s growing chicken industry, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and meat processing plants, raises a number of concerns regarding public health and environmental justice. Using hot spot analysis, we analyzed the totality of Maryland’s CAFOs and meat processing plants an...

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Autores principales:	Jonathan Hall, Joseph Galarraga, Isabelle Berman, Camryn Edwards, Niya Khanjar, Lucy Kavi, Rianna Murray, Kristen Burwell-Naney, Chengsheng Jiang, Sacoby Wilson
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	environmental justice confined animal feeding operations people of color disparities poverty Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5d783353e46f40749859a763ea745aa62021-11-11T16:11:34ZEnvironmental Injustice and Industrial Chicken Farming in Maryland10.3390/ijerph1821110391660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/5d783353e46f40749859a763ea745aa62021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11039https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Maryland’s growing chicken industry, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and meat processing plants, raises a number of concerns regarding public health and environmental justice. Using hot spot analysis, we analyzed the totality of Maryland’s CAFOs and meat processing plants and those restricted to the Eastern Shore to assess whether communities of color and/or low socioeconomic status communities disproportionately hosted these types of facilities at the census tract level. We used zero-inflated regression modeling to determine the strength of the associations between environmental justice variables and the location of CAFOs and meatpacking facilities at the State level and on the Eastern Shore. Hot spot analyses demonstrated that CAFO hot spots on the Eastern Shore were located in counties with some of the lowest wealth in the State, including the lowest ranking county—Somerset. Zero-inflated regression models demonstrated that increases in median household income across the state were associated with a 0.04-unit reduction in CAFOs. For every unit increase in the percentage of people of color (POC), there was a 0.02-unit increase in meat processing facilities across the state. The distribution of CAFOs and meat processing plants across Maryland may contribute to poor health outcomes in areas affected by such production, and contribute to health disparities and health inequity.Jonathan HallJoseph GalarragaIsabelle BermanCamryn EdwardsNiya KhanjarLucy KaviRianna MurrayKristen Burwell-NaneyChengsheng JiangSacoby WilsonMDPI AGarticleenvironmental justiceconfined animal feeding operationspeople of colordisparitiespovertyMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11039, p 11039 (2021)
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spellingShingle	environmental justice confined animal feeding operations people of color disparities poverty Medicine R Jonathan Hall Joseph Galarraga Isabelle Berman Camryn Edwards Niya Khanjar Lucy Kavi Rianna Murray Kristen Burwell-Naney Chengsheng Jiang Sacoby Wilson Environmental Injustice and Industrial Chicken Farming in Maryland
description	Maryland’s growing chicken industry, including concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) and meat processing plants, raises a number of concerns regarding public health and environmental justice. Using hot spot analysis, we analyzed the totality of Maryland’s CAFOs and meat processing plants and those restricted to the Eastern Shore to assess whether communities of color and/or low socioeconomic status communities disproportionately hosted these types of facilities at the census tract level. We used zero-inflated regression modeling to determine the strength of the associations between environmental justice variables and the location of CAFOs and meatpacking facilities at the State level and on the Eastern Shore. Hot spot analyses demonstrated that CAFO hot spots on the Eastern Shore were located in counties with some of the lowest wealth in the State, including the lowest ranking county—Somerset. Zero-inflated regression models demonstrated that increases in median household income across the state were associated with a 0.04-unit reduction in CAFOs. For every unit increase in the percentage of people of color (POC), there was a 0.02-unit increase in meat processing facilities across the state. The distribution of CAFOs and meat processing plants across Maryland may contribute to poor health outcomes in areas affected by such production, and contribute to health disparities and health inequity.
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author	Jonathan Hall Joseph Galarraga Isabelle Berman Camryn Edwards Niya Khanjar Lucy Kavi Rianna Murray Kristen Burwell-Naney Chengsheng Jiang Sacoby Wilson
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title	Environmental Injustice and Industrial Chicken Farming in Maryland
title_short	Environmental Injustice and Industrial Chicken Farming in Maryland
title_full	Environmental Injustice and Industrial Chicken Farming in Maryland
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publisher	MDPI AG
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Environmental Injustice and Industrial Chicken Farming in Maryland

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