Environmental hazards near schools

Schools' proximities to hazardous materials sites

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In this episode, Matthew Kraft maps the proximities of schools to hazardous materials sites.

In this episode, we cover:
•[00:00] Introduction.
•[00:59] Education and economics researcher Matthew Kraft recounts the background of the study.
•[02:11] He introduces the hazardous waste sites included in the study.
•[03:50] Kraft talks about what surprised him about mapping results.
•[05:08] He lists the risks these sites might pose to the millions of children and thousands of employees at these schools.
•[06:09] Kraft lists the groups of students disproportionately potentially exposed to hazardous waste sites.
•[07:00] He talks about the takeaways for policymakers.
•[08:03] He lists the caveats and limitations of the study.
•[10:21] Conclusion.

About Our Guest:

Matthew Kraft
Professor
Brown University

View related content here: https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2605971123

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