Schrader-Frechette, Kristin (Author)
The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering
Volume: 47
Issue: 1
Pages: 36-44
Edition Details: Issue Theme: Engineering Ethics
Language: English
As Danny Glover put it, environmental injustice (EIJ) is about the fact that South-Central Los Angeles children have only one-third of the lung capacity of Santa Monica children (van Gelder 2001). South-Central LA is mostly black and heavily polluted; Santa Monica is mostly white and pristine. Children bear the brunt of the difference. In most nations poor people, minorities, and children bear EIJ—disproportionate pollution that causes poorer health and higher death rates. This article shows how scientists and engineers contribute to EIJ if they mask, thus encourage, EIJ by using flawed analytic techniques such as short-term studies or incomplete verification and validation. It illustrates EIJ effects of three such errors: using small or nonrepresentative samples, misrepresenting uncertainty, and misusing statistical significance.
...MoreArticle Galloway, Gerard E., Jr.; Johnson, Deborah G. (Spring 2017) Why Engineering Ethics Matters. The Bridge: Journal of the National Academy of Engineering (pp. 3-7).
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