How the Supreme Court’s EPA Ruling May Affect Your Health
"That’s because U.S. action on climate change has been at a stalemate for decades," (Shahir Masri)
The EPA Is Cracking Down on PFAS in Drinking Water. Here’s What to Know About These ‘Forever Chemicals’
"Knowing everything we do about the toxicity of this class of chemicals, that they still remain essentially, for the most part, unregulated." (Scott Bartell)
Chicago sees worst air quality of the year on Fourth of July
"If we replaced even 50% of our fireworks with light shows, that’d be a 50% reduction in pollution." (Shahir Masri)
Upswing In Orange County COVID Numbers, 200+ Cases Friday
"It was looking like we were finding a peak, which is good because then it's going to start going back down, but it may have been a false peak." (Andrew Noymer)
Chemical spill at Compton plastics factory triggers hundreds of odor complaints
"MMA has “a very low odor threshold,” meaning it can be smelled at very low concentrations, " (Michael Kleinman)
Researchers Detail the Health Dangers from Americans’ Exposure to Lead
"Lead paint and lead pipes are relatively localized, but leaded gasoline really brought the issue to a regional and national scale." (Jun Wu)
Military burn pit exposures and the ‘mystery illness’ the VA still ignores
"It wasn’t until lung biopsies were conducted in 2004 that direct physical evidence of toxic lung injury finally emerged, corroborating the complaints veterans described for years." (Shahir Masri)
Investing in Santa Ana’s Future Requires A Comprehensive Plan to Improve Air Quality
"Exposure to air pollution and their related adverse health outcomes are inequitably distributed in low-income communities of color." (Jun Wu)
Orange County’s Poor Residents Most At Risk from Bad Air Quality
"It’s a community in which you have a lot of people of color; the income level in that community is on the average lower than some of the surrounding communities," (Michael Kleinman)
As fires and floods continue, citizens must demand climate action
"When I began covering climate-related natural disasters back in 2017, the events that made national news ranged from California’s record-breaking Thomas Fire to the back-to-back Category-5 hurricanes that whipped through the Gulf, one of which depopulated a Caribbean island and the other which killed thousands after leaving Puerto Rico in ruins." (Shahir Masri)
