Confined Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) and the industrial poultry industry on the Delmarva Peninsula threaten air and water quality for local residents, many of whom are low-wealth communities of color. CAFOs emit air pollutants such as ammonia, hydrogen sulfides, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and particulate matter.
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Environmental justice advocates have raised concerns regarding the harmful effects that heavy metals and other contaminants from neighboring environmental hazard facilities may have on urban farms.
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High density industrial hog farming operations present numerous environmental health hazards (including local air and water pollution). In 2001, Dr. Wilson and a team of researchers investigated environmental justice impacts of differential siting of hog concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) near African-American communities in Mississippi.
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Dr. Wilson and CEEJH team members worked with the Socially Responsible Agriculture Project (SRAP), Protecting Our Indian River, and the communities of Sussex County, Delaware to protest the establishment of poultry processing plant in Millsboro, DE.
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The local food environment serves as a critical driver of individual and neighborhood health. Research has shown that many low-income communities and communities of color have limited access to healthy food resources.
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