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.
Environmental Health
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.
Ohio lawmakers are drafting a bipartisan bill for school radon testing, remediation funds and a $2,000 mitigation tax credit after a Dispatch probe exposed state failures.
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.
Thousands of children might be exposed to lead levels high enough to cause IQ loss without their parents knowing. Health experts call the testing rates “alarmingly low.”
Three separate Atlas explosions and cancer risks the LA County DA’s office calls 48-times above health standards threaten the Watts school.