Major
Environmental Science
Anticipated Graduation Year
2023
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Open Access
Abstract
Residents of a majority Latine community, Little Village, located in the west side of Chicago are known to face increased environmental hazards and subsequent environmental racism, especially that of carbon emissions and PM2.5 from industrial pollution.1-6 Bird feathers have been used in previous studies to note pollution accumulation with success.7-8 In this study I found that there increased material in the feathers collected and higher PM2.5 detected in Little Village in comparison to Edgewater, indicating that feathers can reflect the history of environmental racism in Chicago and that using loss on ignition has potential for use on feathers.
Faculty Mentors & Instructors
Fr. Stephen Mitten S.J - School of Environmental Sustainability
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Pollution in Feathers: a Reflection of Environmental Racism in Chicago
Residents of a majority Latine community, Little Village, located in the west side of Chicago are known to face increased environmental hazards and subsequent environmental racism, especially that of carbon emissions and PM2.5 from industrial pollution.1-6 Bird feathers have been used in previous studies to note pollution accumulation with success.7-8 In this study I found that there increased material in the feathers collected and higher PM2.5 detected in Little Village in comparison to Edgewater, indicating that feathers can reflect the history of environmental racism in Chicago and that using loss on ignition has potential for use on feathers.