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How guaranteed basic income can reduce infant mortality

Avatar photo by Melissa Hellmann August 4, 2023August 3, 2023

A city’s infant mortality rate indicates the general health of a population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.  That is especially the case in Philadelphia, which has the highest infant mortality and poverty rates among the nation’s 10 most populous cities. In their first year, Black infants die at more than triple […]

Posted inPublic Health

How racism and inequality created COVID-19’s ‘Viral Underclass’

Avatar photo by María Inés Zamudio October 14, 2022October 13, 2022
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Posted inPublic Health

Getting the lead out — at long last

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Posted inEnvironment

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board was slashed by Trump. Its backlog is piling up.

Avatar photo by Jim Morris and Andrew Maykuth March 26, 2021January 28, 2022
Posted inPublic Health

As climate warms, ticks press north

by The Center for Public Integrity December 9, 2018January 28, 2022
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Philip Morris uses chemical industry consultants to perpetuate ‘light cigarette’ myth

by David Heath May 4, 2016January 28, 2022
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Senators seek better conflict disclosures for scientific articles

by David Heath March 31, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Brokers of junk science?

by Jie Jenny Zou February 18, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Ford spent $40 million to reshape asbestos science

by Jim Morris February 16, 2016January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Making a cancer cluster disappear

by David Heath February 10, 2016April 10, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Meet the ‘rented white coats’ who defend toxic chemicals

by David Heath February 8, 2016January 28, 2022
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About ‘Science for Sale’

by Jim Morris February 8, 2016January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

American Chemistry Council lied about lobbying role on flame retardants, consultant says

by David Heath May 13, 2015January 28, 2022
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Scientist with industry ties won’t lead EPA chemical risk-assessment program

by David Heath February 6, 2015January 28, 2022
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Republicans used to support the EPA, says former administrator

by The Center for Public Integrity February 5, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Politics of Poison, Public Health

Hear how politics beat science on chemical research

by David Heath February 3, 2015January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Republican bills take aim at EPA science, rulemaking

by David Heath January 29, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Politics of Poison, Public Health

Obama’s EPA breaks pledge to divorce politics from science on toxic chemicals

by David Heath January 23, 2015January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Yellowstone spill contaminates drinking water with carcinogen benzene

by Jim Morris January 22, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Scientist with deep industry ties being considered for key EPA job

by David Heath December 9, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

New battlefront for petrochemical industry: benzene and childhood leukemia

by Kristen Lombardi December 8, 2014April 10, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

A dozen dirty documents

by Kristen Lombardi and Jared Bennett December 5, 2014April 10, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Benzene and worker cancers: ‘An American tragedy’

by Kristen Lombardi December 4, 2014April 11, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Internal documents reveal industry ‘pattern of behavior’ on toxic chemicals

by David Heath and Jim Morris December 4, 2014April 10, 2023
Posted inEnvironment

Exposed: Decades of denial on poisons

by The Center for Public Integrity December 3, 2014April 10, 2023
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Even low doses of arsenic trigger cancer in mice, study finds

by David Heath July 8, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

How politics derailed EPA science on arsenic, endangering public health

by David Heath June 28, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

What to do if your drinking water contains arsenic

by David Heath June 28, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Politics of Poison, Public Health

Arsenic levels in groundwater across the U.S.

by Jared Bennett and Chris Zubak-Skees June 28, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEnvironment, Politics of Poison, Public Health

Listen to the story on the national public radio show, ‘Reveal’

by The Center for Public Integrity June 28, 2014January 28, 2022

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