When Illinois downplayed the results of long-delayed PFAS testing in the state’s public water supply, Chicago Tribune reporter Michael Hawthorne revisited a story he had first covered two decades before. His investigation uncovered dangerous practices threatening public health, won him accolades and moved the needle on state policy. How he went about it, in the new Inside Story Q&A.
Meet SEJ member Aman Azhar! Aman is a Washington, D.C.-based journalist covering climate and environmental issues for Inside Climate News, with focus on the mid-Atlantic region.
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