Environmental Health

As the California state agency in charge of cleaning up lead and arsenic contaminated areas in southeast Los Angeles faces complaints of slow progress from neighbors living in toxic homes, state lawmakers continue seeking a compliance audit and reforms of the agency.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety

Seven months later, Outsiders is back with a three-episode finale that seeks to answer some of the questions the podcast laid out in the beginning.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Housing and Homeslessness, Food and Nutrition, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

The Record Searchlight reviewed 53 of California’s 58 counties with available data. The review showed some jails have death rates double or triple that of their neighbors or other jail systems of similar size.

Race and Equity, Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Community Safety, Patient Safety and Ethics

This documentary-style podcast give listeners a close-up view of unsheltered homelessness. Episode 9 takes some of the questions posed by listeners throughout the series, and gives people who are homeless a chance to weigh in.

Poverty and Class, Environmental Health, Health Insurance and Costs, Housing and Homeslessness, Food and Nutrition, Community Safety

Long-term exposure to both contaminants has been linked to numerous types of cancer by the state of California and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Water Agencies And Advoca

Environmental Health, Poverty and Class, Healthcare Regulation and Reform, Food and Nutrition