EQUITY IN WATER QUALITY: A PARALLEL STUDY BETWEEN BRAZIL AND NEW YORK CITY Research Team: Magou Adj, Dionna Edmondson, Kanaary Amin and Diyon Saunders Collaborators from Brazil, Specialists in Public Policy: Tatiana Damasceno and Alex Alberto SUMMARY Exponential population growth, environmental pollution, climate change, and public health are strongly associated with water quality and its accessibility. We all agree that every single person in this world deserves clean water to fulfill their essential needs and development. In this project, our team addresses the correlation between ethnic/racial distribution in neighborhoods of New York City (NYC) with the water quality of local […]
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Summary This research project aims to create a timeline of the sugarcane industry in Valle del Cauca, Colombia. This timeline describes the introduction of sugarcane in the 1500s, its expansion in the Valley, and the impact it had and continues to have on the Afro-Colombia population in Valle del Cauca. The sugarcane industry has been involved in land usurpation, biodiversity loss, contamination of the rivers, and air pollution as a result of the burning process of the crop. Mentor: Professor Vilma Arriaran La Torre, Science Department Students: Giusseppi Perez and Leesel Frasel External Collaborators: Lina Lugo Maturana and Alexander Paz BSAA Science Edition […]
