What Defines a Plastic-Burdened Community? Part II: Plastic, Fossil Fuels, and Inequitable Site-Based Exposure Risks

Evidence record

Institutions

UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

Research focus

Presence / Occurrence; Environmental Justice; Source Identification

Available evidence

Published study; Existing baseline data

Location

Statewide California oil and gas wells and refineries

Location type

Statewide geospatial analysis

Location confidence

High

Data availability

Public report / geospatial analysis

Watershed / region

Multiple statewide

Verification date

2026-09-11

Notes

Maps plastic supply-chain upstream infrastructure and inequitable exposure risks statewide.

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