Health
Plans for I-55 Expansion in Chicago Raise Concerns Over Air Quality and Community Health
Having spent most of her life in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, Sara Cortes learned to live with bad-smelling air that created a haze in the summer. About a year ago, Cortes, 38, was diagnosed with an untreatable lung condition that makes her tired and leaves her short of breath. So she was shocked when she […]
Read MorePlastic bottles found to harm human health at every stage of their life cycle
A new report says beverage companies like Coca-Cola must be “held accountable for the supply chain impacts of their plastics.”
Read MoreThe EPA’s proposed PFAS regulations ignore a major source of drinking water contamination
A new study suggests unregulated “precursor” compounds account for half of total PFAS pollution at sites around the country.
Read MoreCalifornia Bill Would Hit Oil Companies With $1 Million Penalty for Health Impacts
Monic Uriarte was thrilled to get approved for an affordable apartment in Los Angeles’ University Park, close to USC. But soon after she and her family moved there in 2004, they started experiencing headaches and other illnesses. Her mother was diagnosed with asthma at age 70. Her daughter had to sleep propped up because she’d get […]
Read MoreAs EPA Proposes Tougher Rules on Emissions, Report Names Pennsylvania as One of America’s Top Polluters
PHILADELPHIA—Pennsylvania’s role as the birthplace of American democracy is a staple of elementary school history lessons. Fewer are aware of another distinction held by the Keystone State—that as one of the cradles of American energy production. The nation’s first oil well was drilled in 1859 in Titusville, about 100 miles north of Pittsburgh. Eight years […]
Read MoreStudy: Black and Hispanic communities more likely to have drinking water with PFAS
Report says 18 million Americans have drinking water with “forever chemicals.”
Read MoreQ&A: Linda Villarosa Took on the Perils of Medical Racism. She Found Black Americans ‘Live Sicker and Die Quicker’
So much has been reported, written and researched about Black maternal and infant mortality that veteran journalist Linda Villarosa at first wondered what else was left to say. Villarosa, whose work has appeared in Essence Magazine, The New York Times and its magazine, has been reporting on racial health disparities for nearly four decades. (Villarosa […]
Read MoreMaryland Embraces Gradual Transition to Zero-Emissions Trucks and Buses
In a significant step toward eliminating toxic air pollution, Maryland lawmakers have approved a measure requiring that, year by year, manufacturers ensure that zero-emissions vehicles make up a growing share of the trucks and buses sold in the state. Yet some public health advocates fret that the wording of the legislation will allow the state […]
Read MoreAmid fracking boom, Pennsylvania faces toxic wastewater reckoning
A grand jury and the EPA have cited potential disposal problems, and activists are fighting new injection wells. Yet the gas industry claims fracking is essential for the state’s economic health and that most of its wastewater is safely recycled.
Read MoreElectrify everything, California says — including trucks and trains
The unprecedented regulations will tackle air pollution and carbon emissions at the same time.
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