Environmental Exposure and Racial Disparities
Mean racial disparity greater than 100%
Environmental chemicals with a mean racial disparity of exposure
greater than 100% are detected in six chemicals in the National
Report. Thirty-nine of the 116 chemicals examined in the National
Report are common enough to develop a geometric mean estimate.
| Chemical |
Race/ ethnicity |
Geometric mean |
Findings |
p,p'-DDE
(DDT metabolite) |
Mexican-American |
674 |
The average p,p'-DDE level
in Mexican-Americans is 210% greater than in Whites. |
| White |
217 |
p-Dichlorobenzene
(DCB)
(2,5-Dichlorophenol metabolite) |
Black |
10.7 |
The average DCB level in
Blacks is 197% greater than in Whites. |
| White |
3.60 |
p-Dichlorobenzene
(DCB)
(2,5-Dichlorophenol metabolite) |
Mexican-American |
12.9 |
The average DCB level in
Mexican-Americans is 258% greater than in Whites. |
| White |
3.60 |
| Uranium |
Black |
.005 |
The average uranium level
in Mexican Americans is 200% greater than in Blacks. |
| Mexican-American |
.015 |
| Equol |
Black |
4.36 |
The average equol level
in Whites is 109% greater than in Blacks. |
| White |
9.13 |
| O-Desmethylangolensin |
Mexican-American |
2.03 |
The average o-desmethylangolensin level in Whites
is 117% greater than in Mexican-Americans.
|
| White |
4.40 |
| 
