Some 70,000 homes flooded in 2023, leaving mold in many West Side homes, including in Dorothy Rosenthal’s basement. The Chicago health department offers no help to flood victims like her.
Environmental Health
A reporting team tested 84 playgrounds and found about half exceeded federal lead limits.
Arizona lacks workplace heat safety rules, leaving outdoor workers at risk of death as climate change worsens extreme weather events. A reporter combines data, public records and worker voices to highlight the danger.
More access to veterinarian care, which is scarce in rural communities, would boost both human health and safety as well as animal welfare, bill supporters say.
After testing nearly 70 homes, a Dispatch team exposed Ohio’s hidden radon threat, prompting state and local action.
Blamed in part on climate change, the threat of water ponding in your yard or your basement is growing, a Sun-Times/WBEZ investigation has found, putting health, homes at risk.
A bacteria that commonly causes gastrointestinal illness was previously no problem for Alaska seafood eaters. Now cases happen every year and the state has a control program.
In Southwest Detroit, a year after a devastating 54-inch water main break displaced hundreds, residents face ongoing challenges.
Fur seal die-offs in the Bering Sea’s Pribilof Islands are part of a pattern that affects people who depend on the sea for their food, culture and economic well-being
In Stanislaus County, most tested private wells exceed safe limits for nitrate and other toxins. With little regulation, rural families rely on bottled water as long-term fixes lag.