环境正义运动相对较新，出现在20世纪90年代初的饮用水监管政策舞台上。它结合了对环境保护和贫困少数民族社区的关注。直到最近，水供应商还只是EJ运动的外围参与者，EJ运动的大部分工作都集中在工业场所的污染上。美国环境保护局（USEPA）最近发布的氡建议规则是第一个直接解决EJ问题的饮用水规则。 本文综述了EJ与饮用水监管的相关性。

The Environmental Justice (EJ) movement is relatively new, appearing on the drinking water regulatory policy scene in the early 1990s. It combines concern for environmental protection and for impoverished minority communities. Until recently, water suppliers were only peripherally involved with the EJ movement, which has focused most of its efforts on pollution from industrial sites. The US Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA's) recently issued proposed rule for radon is the first drinking water rule to directly address EJ issues. This article reviews the relevance of EJ to drinking water regulation.