Played Key Role at Environmental Justice Symposium
March 2010
MDB works with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) through a mission support contract. Through this contract, MDB
played a key roll at the Strengthening Environmental Justice
and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts 
. The symposium was held March 17-19,
2010 in Washington, DC.
MDB provided logistical support for Strengthening Environmental Justice
and Decision Making: A Symposium on the Science of Disproportionate Environmental Health Impacts , held March 17-19, 2010 in
Washington, DC. This symposium discussed opportunities for improving assessment and application of environmental justice in environmental policy and regulatory decision making, and
it also focused on seven factors that may lead to disproportionate environmental-health impacts on minority and low-income populations.