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Data Sources a Jumping-Off Point for Radon Stories [1]

If radon is the forgotten environmental health story, per our recent TipSheet [2], then at least journalists ready to report have some good resources to do it. Our latest Reporter’s Toolbox details several databases that provide invaluable info on the problem, including a new comprehensive, and mappable, database from the Centers for Disease Control.

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Reporters Toolbox [3]
Topics on the Beat: 
Air [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [10]
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"Paper: Old Turf Fields Raise Environmental, Health Concerns" [11]

"The hulking wall of rubber was first discovered by a borough maintenance crew. About 6,000 rolled pieces were neatly stacked about 10 feet high, covering more than an acre of private land, according to the mayor of Cleona, Pennsylvania."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Waste [13]
Public [10]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [14]
Source: York Daily Record [15], 12/02/2019
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"Evacuation Order Lifted After Texas Chemical Plant Explosions" [16]

"A mandatory evacuation order issued after a series of explosions at a Texas chemical plant has been lifted, a county official said Friday morning."

Air [4]
Chemicals [12]
Disasters [17]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [18]
Public [10]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [19]
Source: CNN [20], 12/02/2019
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"New Hampshire Judge Suspends State’s New PFAS Restrictions" [21]

"A New Hampshire judge ordered that the state suspend at year’s end enforcement of its new rules tightening allowable limits on fluorinated “forever” chemicals, as the 3M company had asked."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [24], 11/27/2019
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Vermont Doubles Down on Wood Burning, Impacting Climate and Health [25]

"Vermont is turning to its most abundant resource to help meet its renewable energy targets. But the bar for ‘carbon neutral’ may be higher than even skeptics think."

Air [4]
Climate Change [26]
Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Forests [28]
Pollution [18]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: InsideClimate News [29], 11/27/2019
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"3M, DuPont, Chemours Hit With Long Island PFAS Claims" [30]

"3M Co., E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co., and Chemours Co. were hit with suits by two water authorities in Nassau County, N.Y., alleging the companies contaminated their water supplies with toxic substances."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [10]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [23]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [31], 11/26/2019
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"EPA Floats Ideas for Industries to Report Some PFAS Releases" [32]

"The EPA asked Nov. 25 for information and opinions as to whether it should require companies and federal facilities that make or use certain “forever chemicals” to report when they are released and how they are managed."

Chemicals [12]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [33], 11/26/2019
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Radon — The Forgotten Environmental Health Story [2]

Thousands of lives are lost each year to lung cancers caused by radon exposure. Yet as the latest TipSheet explains the story often remains untold. Get the context to help turn this life-and-death environmental health concern into local news reporting. Plus, Reporter’s Toolbox highlights databases [1] that can kick-start coverage.

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TipSheet [34]
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Air [4]
Environmental Health [5]
Health [6]
Journalism & Media [7]
Laws & Regulations [8]
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National (U.S.) [9]
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Public [10]
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"EPA Bans Consumer Use of Methylene Chloride Paint Stripper" [35]

"A retail ban on the sale of methylene chloride paint strippers takes effect Nov. 23, the EPA announced."

Chemicals [12]
Consumer [36]
Environmental Health [5]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Bloomberg Environment [37], 11/25/2019
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Water: EPA Proposal Lets Toxics Flow At Struggling Coal Plants [38]

"The Tennessee Valley Authority has long argued it shouldn't be required to limit the toxic metals that its coal-fired power plant dumps into the Cumberland River."

Energy & Fuel [27]
Environmental Health [5]
Environmental Politics [39]
Laws & Regulations [8]
Pollution [18]
Water & Oceans [22]
Public [10]
National (U.S.) [9]
Source: Greenwire [40], 11/25/2019
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