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Environmental Justice and Expert Knowledge in the Wake of a Disaster

Collection

Social Studies of Science Journal

\"Environmental Justice and Expert Knowledge in the Wake of a Disaster\"\r\nEssay originally appeared in, Social Studies of Science, vol 37, no 1 (February 2007):103-110

Keywords:

hazardous waste, Hurricane Katrina, public health, public science, public understanding of science

Files:

Allen, JusticeandExpertKnowledge_836bb1ae52.pdf

Citation

“Environmental Justice and Expert Knowledge in the Wake of a Disaster,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed December 5, 2025, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/25926.

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