Environment Archives

Police Chases Gone Wrong

Fellow Priyanka Athalye

Washing Away Climate Promises

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

Burning Questions: Why U.S. Sunscreens Fall Short

Fellow Jude Sleiman

Air Quality: An Unequal Burden

Fellow Farah Nimeri

The Cost of Saving on Skincare

Fellow Rylie Lillibridge

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03.25.2022 a diagram of different colored boxes

Road Salt and Water Quality

About 82% of drinking water wells tested in a study had sodium concentrations above the recommended standard.

Fellow Barbara Espinosa

03.14.2022 Dust cloud over farm house

From Dust to Dust

How dust will impact human health in the future will be determined by land use practices, climate variability, and climate change.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

03.09.2022 plastics in ocean

Turning the Tide

A functioning global ocean is essential to maintaining the ecosystems that support human life.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

01.26.2022 temperature and homicide data

Packing the Heat

For every five-degree Celsius increase in daily temperature, intentional homicide rates increased by 4.2%.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

12.10.2021 wildfire data

Up in Flames

Projection maps show that the threat of wildfires will only escalate due to climate change, and the disruption goes beyond acreage destroyed.

Fellow Devin O'Donnell

12.08.2021 bed bugs spelled out on pillow

Monsters in Your Bed

Employing a professional exterminator may seem like the obvious choice for a bedbug infestation, but the price is out of reach of many.

Fellow Maya Thirkill

11.01.2021 flooded street and bridge

Rain, Rain, (It Won’t) Go Away

Researchers investigated the consequences of flooding on short and long-term health by examining the impacts of Hurricane Harvey.

Fellow Sara Mar

10.26.2021 pfas data

One City’s Happy Ending

A team studied birth outcomes in Oakdale, Minnesota, before and after a 2006 water filtration facility was built to manage drinking water contaminated with high PFAS levels.

Fellow Sara Mar

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