Tag: Audrey Turner
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Analysis of Metal Concentrations, Soil Health, and Socioeconomic Factors in a Fredericksburg, Virginia, Environmental Justice Soil Survey
By Audrey Turner, Natalie Anderson, Lily Hoffman Faculty Mentor: Dr. Melanie Szulczewski Abstract This project investigated correlations between soil quality and environmental justice factors in the city of Fredericksburg, Virginia. We began by using a two-stage cluster sampling method to determine soil sample sites. One census block was randomly selected within each of the twenty…
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Pilot Environmental Justice Project
By Lily Hoffman, Audrey Turner Faculty Mentor: Melanie Szulczewski Abstract Environmental injustice is when poor or marginalized communities are negatively impacted by hazardous waste, resource extraction, and land use that they don’t benefit from. Legacy pollution of heavy metals may exist in soils in a way that disproportionately affects areas with certain socioeconomic factors. Human…
