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Few studies have considered that such exposures may be a source of collective trauma \u2013 shared negative mental health outcomes that persist across decades and generations. An observational survey (\n                    <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">N<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009363) in the predominantly low-income Latine community on the Tucson International Airport Area Superfund site used community-engaged door-to-door and social media recruitment to compare those potentially exposed to historical contamination to non-exposed residents on mental health outcomes. Potential mediators (e.g. health concerns) and moderators (e.g. racial-ethnic identity) were also assessed. Analyses revealed elevated post-traumatic stress in the exposed group which was mediated by material (e.g. health concerns), social (e.g. environmental justice concerns), and \u201clifescape\u201d (e.g. shattered assumptions about the world) impacts. 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