Environmental Pollution in the PNW

Environmental burden mapping across the Pacific Northwest: Regional contaminated site distribution and detailed environmental justice indicators for Seattle and Portland. The analysis reveals how multiple pollution sources—from Superfund sites to industrial facilities—cluster along transportation corridors and disproportionately impact urban communities, particularly near major industrial areas like Boeing Airfield and along the Willamette River

Environmental and social vulnerability mapping in Seattle showing how Superfund sites and brownfields cluster in communities with higher percentages of people of color, lower socioeconomic status, and poorer health outcomes, including a 9-year life expectancy gap in Georgetown and South Park compared to the city average.