Stokes Shereitte C, Hood Darryl B, Zokovitch Jeanne, Close Fran T
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2010 Feb;21(1):35-52. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0234.
Toxic environmental emissions have the potential to harm already susceptible populations living in close proximity to industries with pollutant emissions such as coal-fired electrical power plants. The organized dissemination of information in communities that find themselves susceptible to occupation by industries with pollutant emissions is a crucial step in the long and arduous process of preventing such harm. Here, we present a blueprint that can be used by community organizations to prevent industries that pollute the environment from locating in communities that are already disproportionately exposed to pollution (referred to here as environmental justice communities). We base this blueprint on a specific case in Taylor County, Florida, where the steps outlined successfully prevented the Taylor Energy Center (TEC) consortium from obtaining the necessary permits for the operation of a proposed coal-fired electrical power plant, thereby minimizing the risks of additional toxicant exposure to the affected community.
有毒的环境排放物有可能危害那些居住在靠近诸如燃煤发电厂等有污染物排放行业的本就易受影响的人群。在那些发现自己容易受到有污染物排放行业进驻影响的社区中，有组织地传播信息是漫长而艰巨的预防此类危害过程中的关键一步。在此，我们提出一个蓝图，社区组织可利用它来防止污染环境的行业选址于那些已然承受过多污染的社区（在此称为环境正义社区）。我们这个蓝图基于佛罗里达州泰勒县的一个具体案例，在该案例中，所概述的步骤成功阻止了泰勒能源中心（TEC）财团获得拟建燃煤发电厂运营所需的许可，从而将受影响社区接触更多有毒物质的风险降至最低。
