“We All Gonna Get It in Due Time”: Role of Early Life Environmental Racism on Late-Life Functional Ability

GSA 2025 Abstract

Abstract

From the National Environmental Policy Act to the Disaster Mitigation Act, the 2000s ushered in a new wave of environmental justice policies meant to protect marginalized groups. Although emergent research on adverse childhood exposures like racism reflects its enduring impact on longevity.

The paper

Columbia University · University of California, Los Angeles

GSA 2025 Abstract · 31 Dec 2025 · CC BY

Presented at GSA 2025

doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaf122.546