March 28, 2023Website tackling environmental health disparities debuts March 28

Members of the public soon will be able to access a new website aimed at improving environmental health equity in Louisville. Supported by the University of Louisville, the Humana Foundation and the Health Equity Innovation Hub, the Air Justice website, www.airjusticelou.org, debuts at noon, March 28. More than 50 UofL students have worked on the project since 2021 with a coalition that includes professors, community leaders and activists. The team conducted nearly 2,000 surveys around the Rubbertown area and also held workshops with residents to determine residents’ informational needs. Rubbertown was named for the tire and synthetic rubber plants built there during World War II. Air quality in the area has suffered as a result. In west and southwest Louisville, the areas that border Rubbertown, residents are predominantly Black and other people of color, most of whom also experience poverty.