Health

Source: Philadelphia Inquirer [5], 06/12/2009

Read more about Senate Votes To Give FDA Regulatory Power Over Tobacco [1]

Rural Reporter Turns Routine Permit Into Award-Winning Investigation [6]

It was a seemingly mundane legal notice about a surface water discharge permit. But when Wyoming journalist Angus Thuermer Jr. took a closer look, he discovered that it would mean massive discharges of pollutants into local waters. Inside Story explains how Thuermer revealed the truth about the plans, prompting local protests and, ultimately, a withdrawal of the permit.

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Inside Story [7]

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Chemicals [8]

Energy & Fuel [9]

Fish & Fisheries [12]

Health [2]

Pollution [15]

Water & Oceans [16]

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Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [17]

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Public [3]

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Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level [18]

A new project on toxic risks has yielded a tool making it far easier to use data from the Toxics Release Inventory to report on hotspots. Reporter’s Toolbox offers a guide to ProPublica’s impressive “Sacrifice Zones” special report, which maps cancer-causing industrial air pollution. Plus, join an in-depth virtual tutorial [19] on the ProPublica tool co-sponsored by the Society of Environmental Journalists.

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Reporters Toolbox [20]

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Air [21]

Chemicals [8]

Environmental Justice [22]

Government [23]

Health [2]

Pollution [15]

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Public [3]

Read more about Mapping Toxic U.S. Hotspots Down to the Neighborhood Level [18]

Messonnier, Birx Detail Political Interference In Coronavirus Response [25]

"The Trump administration repeatedly interfered with efforts by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last year to issue warnings and guidance about the evolving coronavirus pandemic, six current and former health officials told congressional investigators in recent interviews."

Government [23]

Health [2]

Public [3]

Source: Washington Post [26], 11/15/2021

Read more about Messonnier, Birx Detail Political Interference In Coronavirus Response [25]

EPA’s PFAS Plan Likely To Generate News, If Not Fixes, in 2022 [27]

A government plan to address a class of so-called “forever chemicals,” widespread in the environment and implicated in human health effects, will pick up speed in 2022. But whether the effort will solve problems around PFAS remains to be seen. The latest TipSheet outlines the challenge, the EPA plan and smart ways to cover the story in your area.

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TipSheet [28]

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Chemicals [8]

Consumer [29]

Government [23]

Health [2]

Policy [30]

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Public [3]

Read more about EPA’s PFAS Plan Likely To Generate News, If Not Fixes, in 2022 [27]

U.N. Summit Lays the Table for Environmental Reporting on Food Systems [31]

After an 18-month buildup, a one-day U.N. Food Systems Summit earlier this fall generated hundreds of commitments to end global hunger and a dizzying array of alliances dedicated to the cause. Despite controversies surrounding the summit, this groundbreaking event highlighted opportunities for reporting on food and food systems. Award-winning agriculture journalist Chris Clayton shares his insights.

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Features [32]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [33]

Agriculture [34]

Biodiversity [35]

Chemicals [8]

Climate Change [36]

Consumer [29]

Disasters [37]

Economy & Business [38]

Energy & Fuel [9]

Environmental Justice [22]

Food [39]

Government [23]

Health [2]

Natural Resources [40]

Planning & Growth [41]

Policy [30]

Pollution [15]

Science [42]

Technology [43]

Waste [44]

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California [45]

Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [46]

Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [47]

International [48]

Canada [49]

Africa [50]

Europe [51]

Middle East [52]

South America [53]

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Public [3]

Read more about U.N. Summit Lays the Table for Environmental Reporting on Food Systems [31]

Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [54]

The COVID-19 outbreak has left little unchanged — including how environment reporters do their jobs, given that many experts believe the disruption of the human-wild interface could be the source of the next deadly virus. The new Backgrounder makes the case in this analysis, looking at how societies — and journalists — handled this pandemic and must prepare for possible future outbreaks.

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Backgrounders [55]

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Agriculture [34]

Biodiversity [35]

Disasters [37]

Forests [56]

Government [23]

Health [2]

Science [42]

Wildlife [57]

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International [48]

Asia [58]

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Public [3]

Read more about Will Animal-To-Human Disease Transmission Bring the Next Big Pandemic? [54]

November 3, 2021

Extreme Heat: Reporting on Climate Change’s Deadly Threat [59]

In this Center for Health Journalism at the University of Southern California Annenberg webinar, we’ll glean lessons and insights from a yearlong Los Angeles Times investigation into extreme heat, reporting that offers a powerful example of how robust journalism can shine a line on this growing public health emergency. 2-3 p.m. ET

Other Events [60]

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Public [3]

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Climate Change [36]

Diversity [61]

Health [2]

Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty? [62]

Plastic waste, already the subject of preliminary international talks, could be increasingly targeted after UN meetings in early 2022. Meanwhile, this ubiquitous product is polluting land, ocean and air in its various forms, as well as through little-understood microplastic particles. The latest TipSheet has the backstory on efforts to forge an international plastics treaty, as well as ideas for how to cover plastic pollution locally.

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TipSheet [28]

Topics on the Beat:

Activism [33]

Air [21]

Chemicals [8]

Climate Change [36]

Consumer [29]

Economy & Business [38]

Fish & Fisheries [12]

Food [39]

Government [23]

Health [2]

Policy [30]

Pollution [15]

Waste [44]

Water & Oceans [16]

Wildlife [57]

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International [48]

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Public [3]

Read more about Will 2022 See the Start of Formal Negotiations Toward a Global Plastics Treaty? [62]

October 26, 2021

Mental Health Management for Freelancers [63]

Join Wudan Yan and Jenni Gritters of The Writers' Co-op for a frank discussion of how to manage your well-being to sustain your freelance business over the long haul. 3:00 p.m. ET.

Other Events [60]

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Health [2]