Publications & Resources

The Taking Stock Study:

• Zota, A. R., Shamasunder, B. (2017). The environmental injustice of beauty: framing chemical exposures from beauty products as a health disparities concern. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 217 (4), 418.e1 - 418.e6.
• Dodson R.E., B. Cardona, A.R. Zota, J.R. Flint, S. Navarro, B. Shamasunder. 2021. Personal care product use among diverse women in California: Taking Stock Study. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology. DOI: 10.1038/s41370-021-00327-3
• Zota AR, Franklin ET, Weaver EB, Shamasunder B, Williams A, Siegel EL and Dodson RE (2023) Examining differences in menstrual and intimate care product use by race/ethnicity and education among menstruating individuals. Front. Reprod. Health 5:1286920. doi: 10.3389/frph.2023.1286920

The Environmental Injustice of Beauty

• Chan, M., Parikh, S., Shyr, D., Shamasunder, B., Adamkiewicz, G., & James-Todd, T. (2023). Evaluating Neighborhood-Level Differences in Hair Product Safety by Environmental Working Group Ratings among Retailers in Boston, Massachusetts. Environmental Health Perspectives, 131(9), 097002.
• Edwards, L., Ahmed, L., Martinez, L., Huda, S., Shamasunder, B., McDonald, J. A., ... & Zota, A. R. (2023). Beauty inside out: examining beauty product use among diverse women and femme-identifying individuals in Northern Manhattan and South Bronx through an environmental justice framework. Environmental Justice, 16(6), 449-460.
• Zota, A. R., Franklin, E. T., Weaver, E. B., Shamasunder, B., Williams, A., Siegel, E. L., & Dodson, R. E. (2023). Examining differences in menstrual and intimate care product use by race/ethnicity and education among menstruating individuals. Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 5, 1286920.
• Martin, G. K., Dodson, R. E., Flint, J. R., Navarro, S., Shamasunder, B., & Zota, A. R. (2021, August). The Environmental Injustice of Beauty: an intersectional analysis of vaginal care products by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status. In ISEE Conference Abstracts (Vol. 2021, No. 1).
• Zota, A. R., & Shamasunder, B. (2018). Better Reporting Needed for Cosmetics and Women's Health REPLY. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY, 218(2), 266-266.

Urban Oil and Gas Drilling in Los Angeles

• Chan, M., Shamasunder, B., & Johnston, J. E. (2023). Social and Environmental Stressors of Urban Oil and Gas Facilities in Los Angeles County, California, 2020. American Journal of Public Health, 113(11), 1182-1190.
• Johnston, J. E., Quist, A. J., Navarro, S., Farzan, S. F., & Shamasunder, B. (2023). Cardiovascular health and proximity to urban oil drilling in Los Angeles, California. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 1-7.
• Shamasunder, B., & Johnston, J. E. (2023). The Imperative of Equitable Protection: Structural Racism and Oil Drilling in Los Angeles. American Journal of Public Health, 113(11), 1179-1181.
• Deziel, N. C., Shamasunder, B., & Pejchar, L. (2022). Synergies and trade-offs in reducing impacts of unconventional oil and gas development on wildlife and human health. BioScience, 72(5), 472-480.
• Johnston, J., & Shamasunder, B. (2022). Los Angeles’ long, troubled history with urban oil drilling is nearing an end after years of health concerns. The Conversation. https://theconversation. com/los-angeles-long-troubled-history-with-urban-oil-drilling-is-nearingan-end-after-years-of-health-concerns-175983.
• Johnston, J. E., Enebish, T., Eckel, S. P., Navarro, S., & Shamasunder, B. (2021). Respiratory health, pulmonary function and local engagement in urban communities near oil development. Environmental research, 197, 111088.
• Shamasunder, B., Blickley, J., Chan, M., Collier-Oxandale, A., Sadd, J. L., Navarro, S., ... & Hannigan, M. (2020). Crude justice: Community-based research amid oil development in South Los Angeles. In Toxic truths (pp. 82-98). Manchester University Press.
• Garcia-Gonzales, D. A., Shamasunder, B., & Jerrett, M. (2019). Distance decay gradients in hazardous air pollution concentrations around oil and natural gas facilities in the city of Los Angeles: A pilot study. Environmental research, 173, 232-236.
• Shamasunder, B., Chan, M., Molshatzki Ben-Ari, N. B., Navarro, S., Eckel, S., & Johnston, J. (2018, August). Digital Daily Logs: A Novel Method for Collecting Acute Health Symptoms in an Environmental Justice Neighborhood Adjacent to Active Oil Drilling. In ISEE Conference Abstracts (Vol. 2018, No. 1).
• Shamasunder, B., Collier-Oxandale, A., Blickley, J., Sadd, J., Chan, M., Navarro, S., ... & Wong, N. J. (2018). Community-based health and exposure study around urban oil developments in South Los Angeles. International journal of environmental research and public health, 15(1), 138.

Environmental Justice with Impacts on Health & Policy

• Shamasunder, B., Chan, M., Navarro, S., Eckel, S., & Johnston, J. E. (2022). Mobile daily diaries to characterize stressors and acute health symptoms in an environmental justice neighborhood. Health & Place, 76, 102849.
• Zota, A. R., & Shamasunder, B. (2021). Environmental health equity: moving toward a solution-oriented research agenda. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology, 31(3), 399-400.
• Shamasunder, B., & Morello-Frosch, R. (2016). Scientific contestations over “toxic trespass”: health and regulatory implications of chemical biomonitoring. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 6, 556-568.
• Shamasunder, B., Mason, R., Ippoliti, L., & Robledo, L. (2015). Growing together: poverty alleviation, community building, and environmental justice through home gardens in Pacoima, Los Angeles. Environmental Justice, 8(3), 72-77.
• Morello-Frosch, R., Zuk, M., Jerrett, M., Shamasunder, B., & Kyle, A. D. (2011). Understanding the cumulative impacts of inequalities in environmental health: implications for policy. Health affairs, 30(5), 879-887.

Air Pollution

• Quist, A. J., Hovav, A., Silverman, A. D., Shamasunder, B., & Johnston, J. E. (2024). Residents’ experiences during a hydrogen sulfide crisis in Carson, California. Environmental health, 23(1), 31.

Policy & Public Health

• Shamasunder, B. (2017). Chlorpyrifos contamination across the food system: shifting science, regulatory challenges, and implications for public health. In The Intersection of Food and Public Health (pp. 107-120). Routledge.
• Shamasunder, B., & Bero, L. (2002). Financial ties and conflicts of interest between pharmaceutical and tobacco companies. JAMA, 288(6), 738-744.