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Adam Mahoney's Blog
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A reporter goes home to L.A.’s ‘industrial dumping ground’ to find residents dying at alarming rates
Deaths spiked in Wilmington during the pandemic — but a reporter finds it wasn't because of COVID... more »
posted 05/05/22
In the shadow of refineries, a Southern California community endures a long history of pollution
The Los Angeles Times calls it “an island in a sea of petroleum,” but since I was 6 years old, I... more »
posted 10/21/21

Adam Mahoney's Work
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Project: One family, three generations of cancer, and the largest concentration of oil refineries in California
A new community survey exposes widespread cancer, asthma, anxiety, and depression in Wilmington, California.
Project: How a California port community embodies the deadly link between pollution and gun violence
Hundreds of people have been shot and killed in the industrial corridors of Wilmington, California.
Project: Deaths have spiked in this polluted port community. COVID is only part of the story.
Wilmington, California, has experienced hundreds more deaths than it does on average. Power, pollution, and poverty all play a role.