Asthma’s toll extends far beyond the struggle to breathe. In Kentucky, medical bills, missed work and lost school days add up to an estimated $1.7 billion a year.
Environment & Climate
The potent neurotoxin’s prevalence in LA County soils hasn’t been comprehensively mapped. We’re giving it a shot.
Iowa has the nation’s second-highest cancer rate. Patients, farmers and providers question links to farm chemicals and nitrate-polluted water.
An NPR–Boston University analysis finds about 9,000 U.S. deaths a year are heat-related, roughly five times the CDC’s official count, as inconsistent death records mask heat’s role.
Debbie Willson is acutely aware of how a death can fall through the cracks.
Hot weather isn't just an inconvenience. It's killing thousands more Americans than show up in official records.
NPR/Boston University investigation finds U.S. heat deaths are undercounted ~5x: about 9,000 a year vs. ~1,700 official, with poverty, health conditions and climate change raising risk.
Columbus City Council will explore radon legislation next year after a Dispatch investigation spurred test-kit demand, school testing and a library radon monitor program.
A DIY guide for LA residents on lead-contaminated yard soil: how to test, when to clean up, covering soil, additives, and why sunflowers won't fix it.
Metal recycling hubs, battery recycling plants and airports all help make lead contamination a stubborn LA County problem.