"Even After L.A.’s Fires Burn Out, Toxic Threats Will Linger"
"Chemical residues from burned houses, cars, consumer products and fire retardants create toxic hazards for fire survivors."
Source: Washington Post, 01/15/2025
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"A Surprising Byproduct Of Wildfires: Contaminated Drinking Water"
"Thousands of firefighters are working to contain the blazes of multiple fires across Los Angeles. Months from now when the fires are extinguished and the rain comes, however, a hidden threat could put communities at risk once again."
Source: Washington Post, 01/15/2025
US Hazardous Waste Sent To Mexico Makes ‘Toxic Cocktail’ Of Pollution
"A Guardian and Quinto Elemento Lab investigation finds very high levels of lead and arsenic in homes near a factory processing US toxic waste"
Source: Guardian/Quinto Env. Lab, 01/15/2025
"In a First, the E.P.A. Warns of ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Sludge Fertilizer"
"For the first time, the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday warned that “forever chemicals” present in sewage sludge that is used as fertilizer can pose human health risks."
Source: NYTimes, 01/15/2025
"Fueling The Los Angeles Fires: The Santa Ana Winds"
"Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point."
Source: AFP, 01/14/2025
"World’s Record Heat Is Worsening Air Pollution And Health In Global South"
"2024 was the hottest year on record, producing intense, long-lasting heat waves. Climate change-intensified extreme events last year included the formation of vast heat domes — areas of high pressure that stalled and persisted above continental land masses in Asia, Africa, South and North America, and Europe."
Source: Mongabay, 01/14/2025
"Wildfire Smoke From the LA Fires Is a Hidden Health Cost"
"Los Angeles has experienced some of the world’s worst air quality this week as smoke from massive wildfires blankets the region and threatens the health of far more people than the fires themselves. And that will end up adding to the economic toll."
Source: Bloomberg, 01/14/2025
"The California Wildfires Could Be Leaving Deeper Inequality In Their Wake"
"The sight of celebrity mansions and movie landmarks reduced to ashes can make it seem like the wildfires roaring through the Los Angeles area affected a constellation of movie stars. But a drive through the charred neighborhoods around Altadena shows that the fires also burned through a remarkable haven for generations of Black families avoiding discriminatory housing practices elsewhere."
Source: AP, 01/14/2025
Right Wing Fans Misinformation As Firefighters Battle Los Angeles Blazes
"As Los Angeles firefighters battle ongoing blazes, prominent rightwing figures are spreading bigoted criticism of the response and lies about who is to blame, including that the fire is raging because of diversity within the fire department."
Source: Guardian, 01/14/2025
"States Are Preparing To Help Or Thwart Trump’s Second-Term Plans"
"Many Republican state officials are aligning with Trump’s policies by pledging to help him crack down on illegal immigration, for example. Some Democratic state officials are mounting a resistance movement, looking for ways to shield their states from potential federal policies restricting abortion and transgender rights, among other things."
Source: AP, 01/14/2025
