In the Spotlight:
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Madrid Larrañaga, J., Edwards, L., Dodson, R.E. et al. Analyzing the landscape of “clean” products for textured hair at a Los Angeles Target. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41370-026-00867-6
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Johnston, J. E., Lopez, M., Prieto, S., Kamai, E., and Shamasunder, B. (2026). Get the Lead Out: A Community-Driven Approach to Characterize Urban Soil Lead Levels near a Battery Smelter
Environmental Science & Technology 2026 60 (14), 11002-11012, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5c14197 -
Dodson RE, Franklin ET, Zota AR, Jameson RL, Flint JR, Edwards L, Weaver EB, Shamasunder B. Formaldehyde and Formaldehyde Releasing Preservatives in Personal Care Products Used by Black Women and Latinas. Environ Sci Technol Lett. 2025 Sep 9;12(9):1205-1210. doi: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5c00242. Epub 2025 May 7. PMID: 41809635; PMCID: PMC12971080.
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Edwards, L., Connolly, C.L., Dodson, R.E., Cardona, B., Franklin, E.T., Robinson Flint, J., Navarro, S., Williams, A., Zota, A.R., and Shamasunder, B. (2025). Examining the Role of Self-Reported Product Selection Strategies in Shifting Chemical Exposures Among Black Women and Latinas: Lessons from the Taking Stock Study, Environmental Justice 0 0:0
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Fong, M., Wu, A., Rivera, T., Shamasunder, B., & Johnston, J. (2025). Communicating with Community: Using Geographic Information Systems to Convey the Impacts of Extreme Heat in Los Angeles Environmental Justice Communities, Environmental Justice, 0 0:0.
The Taking Stock Study:
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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.
- 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
- 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
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.
- 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.
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.