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Data Shows Racial Disparities in Toxic Cleanup Times in SF
“There are many reasons why these disparities could be, but the fact that they exist means regulatory agencies should take social vulnerability and race into account when prioritizing which sites to clean up first,” said Lindsey Dillon, associate professor of sociology at UC Santa Cruz, who is part of a research group that advises the…
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Toxic Waste Cleanups Take Longer in Marginalized Communities
Lindsey Dillon, an associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who studies the impact of toxic sites on surrounding communities, said the Public Press’ findings are consistent with academic literature on environmental justice. “Marginalized groups get fewer resources,” Dillon said.
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Shuttered Radiation Lab Poses Ongoing Health Risks for Growing Neighborhood
Coverage of the history of cleanup and development plans at the Navy's San Francisco lab cited research by Associate Professor of Sociology Lindsey Dillon and quoted Daniel Hirsch, the retired director of UCSC's former Program on Environmental and Nuclear Policy. Hirsch says there is “high likelihood that contamination migrated from the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard…
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Revealed: how a San Francisco navy lab became a hub for human radiation experiments
The navy’s San Francisco lab was one of many research centers and hospitals across the country that exposed people to radiation and other hazards for scientific purposes. That makes it a demonstration of “the ways that people have been seen as disposable, to science or to the military”, said Lindsey Dillon, a UCSC assistant professor…
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The Other San Francisco
Sociology's Lindsey Dillon penned a letter to the editor that appeared in The New Yorker magazine.
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Trump environmental watchdog group issues third report
The Environmental Data and Governance Initiative (EDGI), a grassroots watchdog group monitoring the Trump administration’s performance on the environment, today (January 10, 2018) issued its third report.
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Trump’s EPA: Who cares about environmental racism?
Assistant Professor of Sociology Lindsey Dillon was quoted in a Salon article about how the Trump administration is systematically rolling back environmental protections and dismantling the achievements of the environmental justice movement.
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UCSC’s Lindsey Dillon provides a model of meaningful activism in the Trump era
Lindsey Dillon, assistant professor of sociology, was profiled by the Santa Cruz Sentinel as part of the paper's "Santa Cruz County Stories" series.
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Cleaning up toxic sites shouldn't clear out the neighbors
Assistant Professor of Sociology Lindsey Dillon authored a piece for The Conversation about the cleanup and reuse of contaminated sites like the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. Funded by the EPA's Brownfields Program, cleanup projects–which can have unintended consequences that include gentrification–are threatened by proposed budget cuts.
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The U.S. government is removing scientific data from the internet
Lindsey Dillon, assistant professor of sociology, was the featured guest on Ars Technica Live, where she discussed her research on the administration of the Environmental Protection Agency by the Trump administration.
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Rescuing data and shoring up environmental agencies in the Trump era
Sociologist Lindsey Dillon is part of a network of data champions monitoring federal websites to preserve scientific data and track changes made by the Trump administration.