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Pre-College Social Justice Program
Course Specific Resources
Exploring environmental justice issues in your own home neighborhoods
Contact me: Joe ( pirilloj@uwosh.edu) 920-424-7332
Sample Questions With Links:
What Superfund sites are near me?
What is the asthma rate in my neighborhood?
Wisconsin Asthma & Childhood Lead Map
What is the cancer rate in my neighborhood?
Wisconsin Cancer Reporting System - Publications
Factors That Contribute to Health Disparities in Cancer (from CDC)
What is the air quality like in my neighborhood?
What is the Air Quality Index?
Does my neighborhood have water contamination from lead pipes?
Wisconsin Department of Health Resources: Lead Poisoning Data
How much green space is in my neighborhood?
Milwaukee Community Green Space Fact sheet from EnviroAtlas
What Works for Health-- Green Spaces and Wisconsin (links to many good articles)
Exposure to Neighborhood Green Space and Mental Health: Evidence from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin (Vegetation Map , Proportion of Tree Canopy)
Access to Outdoor Recreation in Urban Wisconsin (outdoor plan from Wisconsin DNR)
How close are my neighbors to a grocery store?
Food Environment Atlas (store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community characteristics)
General Environmental Topics, Demographic and Social justice Information
Try this in google when searching for your topic:
"your topic" AND Milwaukee site:.gov
"your topic" AND Wisconsin site:.gov
Environmental Public Health Tracking: Topics and Data in Wisconsin
Environmental Information by Location