Pollution Sources and Mortality Rates across Rural-Urban Areas in the United States

Date
02/2010
Description

Rural counties contain more than 65,000 EPA-recognized point pollution sources. A greater density of water and air pollution sources in rural counties is associated with higher cancer mortality rates adjusting for other risks. Rural areas also experience mortality risks in association with coal mining activity.

Center
West Virginia Rural Health Research Center
Authors
Michael Hendryx, Evan Fedorko, Joel Halverson