2022 journal article

Reciprocal Inclusion of Microbiomes and Environmental Justice Contributes Solutions to Global Environmental Health Challenges

MSystems, 7(3).

Contributors: M. Choudoir*

Ed(s): S. Ishaq

author keywords: microbiome; environmental microbes; environmental justice; social equity; global change; stewardship; research ethics; microbiome stewardship
MeSH headings : Humans; Environmental Justice; Environmental Health; Microbiota
Source: ORCID
Added: September 19, 2022

Generations of colonialism, industrialization, intensive agriculture, and anthropogenic climate change have radically altered global ecosystems and by extension, their environmental microbiomes. The environmental consequences of global change disproportionately burden racialized communities, those with lower socioeconomic status, and other systematically underserved populations.