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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2012, 9, 4365-4385; doi:10.3390/ijerph9124365 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 /journal/ijerph Article Uneven Magnitude of Disparities in Cancer Risks from Air Toxics Wesley James 1, Chunrong Jia 2,* and Satish Kedia 2 1 Department of Sociology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA; E-Mail: wljames1@ 2 School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN 38152, USA; E-Mail: skkedia@ * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: cjia@; Tel.: +1-901-678-2655; Fax: +1-901-678-1715. Received: 30 July 2012; in revised form: 22 November 2012 / Accepted: 26 November 2012 / Published: 3 December 2012 Abstract: This study examines race- and income-based disparities in cancer risks from air toxics in Cancer Alley, LA, USA. Risk estimates were obtained from the 2005 National Air Toxics Assessment and socioeconomic and race data from the 2005 American Community Survey, both at the census tract level. Disparities were assessed using spatially weighted ordinary least squares (OLS) regression and quantile regression (QR) for five major air toxics, each with cancer risk greater than 10−6. Spatial OLS results showed that disparities in cancer risks were significant: People in low-income