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146 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,987 Environmental Justice and Health Disparities papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • More research on behavioral effects of air pollution is needed, - Research on links between pollution exposure and AB in childhood and adolescence remains understudied, - Studies examining exposure in early childhood are necessary

    Independent and Interactive Connections Between Exposure to Pollution and the Development of Low-Income Boys’ Antisocial Behavior · 2026 · DOI

  • The relationship between pollution exposure and antisocial behavior in childhood and adolescence remains understudied. Prior research has not controlled for socioeconomic factors, parenting, and neighborhood crime and violence. The study aims to fill this gap by examining the relationship between pollution exposure and antisocial behavior trajectories in low-income boys.

    Independent and Interactive Connections Between Exposure to Pollution and the Development of Low-Income Boys’ Antisocial Behavior · 2026 · DOI

  • The underlying transfer mechanisms and structural pathways of pollution transfer remain insufficiently understood. The nonlinearity of proximity effects and the hidden nature of transfer processes make it methodologically demanding. Prior research has focused on spatial clustering or spillover effects, but not on the multidimensional proximity mechanisms.

    Pollution transfer and environmental health implications: network evolution and proximity mechanisms in the Yangtze River Delta, China · 2026 · DOI

  • State suppression of NGO activism. Limited access to decision-making processes for Indigenous communities. Power imbalances between NGOs, government, and industry.

    Understanding NGO Activism for Environmental Justice in Restrictive Institutional Contexts · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could explore the applicability of salience work and futuring in other contexts and sectors. It could investigate the role of other factors, such as power dynamics and resource availability, in shaping NGO activism and policy change.

    Understanding NGO Activism for Environmental Justice in Restrictive Institutional Contexts · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to examine the construction of environmental justice indices and their use in peer-reviewed research. The study identifies a gap in the analysis of the indices' design choices and structural features.

    Encoding Justice with Data: Environmental Justice Screening Tools and the Limits of Quantification · 2026 · DOI

  • The study identifies the challenge of designing policies that balance individual freedoms with the need to address environmental challenges. The research notes the challenge of considering the shared responsibilities and vulnerabilities of individuals in policy design. The study highlights the challenge of prioritizing distributive justice and procedural justice in policy design.

    Perceptions and acceptability of environmental public policies in Paris: A social justice lens · 2026 · DOI

  • The study suggests that future research should investigate the perceptions of other populations regarding environmental public policies. The research recommends that future studies explore the role of distributive justice and procedural justice in policy design.

    Perceptions and acceptability of environmental public policies in Paris: A social justice lens · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research should focus on the development of more effective measures to combat environmental racism. Future research should examine the impact of climate change on marginalized communities.

    Analysing discrimination and environmental racism through the lens of environmental justice · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the implementation and application of EU legislation on environmental justice. The paper highlights the need for greater attention to the issue of environmental racism and its relationship to neo-colonial capitalism.

    Analysing discrimination and environmental racism through the lens of environmental justice · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of environmental justice theory and its application to real-life cases. The case of the Doña Juana Landfill is used to fill this gap.

    “It Is as If They Were Killing the Land”: Community Resistance in Dona Juana and Their Struggle Against Environmental Injustice · 2026 · DOI

  • STRENGTHS AND LIMITATIONS OF THIS STUDYO_LITo our knowledge, this is the first randomized controlled trial to evaluate planetary health and environmental justice integration in secondary construction career education.

    Integrating planetary health and environmental justice into high school construction career education: protocol for a randomized controlled trial of the Ecosystem Justice Translator · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies the challenge of addressing the gendered impacts of air pollution, which are often overlooked in policy and decision-making. The analysis highlights the need for gender-sensitive policies to address the disproportionate impacts of air pollution on women.

    Air Pollution as Gendered Oppression: An Intersectional Feminist Analysis · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap in understanding the priorities of affected groups in the use of genomics-enhanced remediation. The lack of consideration of ethical, legal, social, environmental, and governance implications in decision-making. The need for meaningful engagement and participation of affected groups.

    Confusion, communication, and consent: ELSI barriers to genomics-enhanced remediation in Alberta’s oil sands · 2026 · DOI

  • further study of the relationship between neighborhood disinvestment and cancer survival, - development of more advanced spatiotemporal models, - investigation of other health outcomes associated with neighborhood disinvestment

    Built Environment Audits Across Space and Time for Estimating Time-Varying Exposures: Cohort Study. · 2026 · DOI

  • Investigating the factors that contribute to the reduction in water quality risk - Examining the effectiveness of administrative surveillance indicators in improving water quality - Studying the spatial structure of water quality risk in other regions

    Spatial Dependence and Cluster Persistence in Drinking-Water Quality Risk: Municipal Evidence from the Department of Santander, Colombia, 2007–2020 · 2026 · DOI

  • The spatial structure of IRCA has not been examined. There is a lack of understanding of the spatial dependence and cluster persistence in drinking-water quality risk. The paper aims to fill this gap by analyzing the spatial structure of IRCA in the department of Santander, Colombia.

    Spatial Dependence and Cluster Persistence in Drinking-Water Quality Risk: Municipal Evidence from the Department of Santander, Colombia, 2007–2020 · 2026 · DOI

  • Traffic police personnel operate under conditions characterized by prolonged duty hours, continuous cognitive vigilance, and persistent exposure to environmental pollutants. Occupational health concerns within this workforce remain comparatively underexplored in empirical research.

    OCCUPATIONAL PRESSURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ON HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG TRAFFIC POLICE PERSONNEL · 2026 · DOI

  • Limited research has comprehensively examined the integrated impact of occupational pressure and environmental hazards on both physical and mental health outcomes. Existing studies have primarily focused on either occupational stress or environmental pollution exposure among traffic police personnel.

    OCCUPATIONAL PRESSURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS ON HEALTH OUTCOMES AMONG TRAFFIC POLICE PERSONNEL · 2026 · DOI

  • The literature on CSiR is partially fragmented and narrow in scope. Earlier studies tend to concentrate on isolated incidents or individual cases of company misconduct, neglecting larger systemic contexts.

    Drivers, Impacts, and Mitigation of Corporate Social Irresponsibility: An Environmental Injustice Perspective · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies the challenge of holding corporations accountable for environmental injustices. It highlights the need to influence corporate governance and global policy processes. The study identifies the challenge of making visible plural valuation languages, including spiritual, cultural, and ecological perspectives.

    Business and Environmental Justice: From Political Economies to Political Ecologies · 2026 · DOI

  • explore new models of mandatory corporate accountability, - examine the intersections of human rights due diligence, trade regulation, and environmental law, - critically examine 'green' extractivism, - map how transnational movements reshape global rules and models around corporate accountability

    Business and Environmental Justice: From Political Economies to Political Ecologies · 2026 · DOI

  • Our study contributes to the underexplored topic of environmental justice donations and posits that NGO hesitancy to integrate racial equity may stem from organizational cultures rather than a legitimate threat of losing donations.

    Willingness to Donate to Racially Marked Non‐Governmental Organizations: The Case of Environmental Justice · 2026 · DOI

  • There remains a need for more nuanced understandings of how different forms of boundary spanning intersect and influence movement dynamics. Previous research has not fully examined the internal relational dynamics of social movements.

    Transboundary Spanning in Social Movements: Organizational Structure and Antiracism in the US Extinction Rebellion Movement · 2026 · DOI

  • Future studies can look for similar patterns in other issue areas, locales, and institutional contexts. Investigations of legal mobilization processes by local housing justice or civil rights organizations could potentially complete the table.

    Co-opting the state: mobilizing environmental justice claims in a regulatory agency · 2025 · DOI

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