Test your home (or school) for radon to reduce lung cancer risk Kara HolsoppleJanuary 26, 2023 Many Pennsylvanians are unknowingly exposed to the radioactive gas in their homes, but there’s something they can do about it. HealthYour Environment Update
Turning to Forests for Better Health Kara HolsoppleJanuary 12, 2023 People are finding that forests are good medicine. To improve health, one local therapist is taking groups 'forest bathing' in Frick Park. HealthRecreationWild PennsylvaniaYour Environment Update
Groups, residents want EPA to protect Mon Valley from ‘unacceptably high’ levels of benzene pollution from U.S. Steel Reid FrazierJanuary 4, 2023 Benzen, a known carcinogen, threatens ‘imminent danger’ to residents, the groups argue in a letter to EPA. They want action under the Clean Air Act. HealthPollutionYour Environment Update
How facing your fears about the climate crisis is better for you and the planet Kara HolsoppleNovember 25, 2022 An author and researcher on mental health and ecological destruction says a kind of internal activism is needed to solve the climate crisis. Climate ChangeHealthYour Environment Update
A Philadelphia couple wrote a children’s book to help parents have ‘The Climate Talk’ WHYYNovember 25, 2022 "Coco's Journey" follows Coco the squirrel and her father on a journey to stop climate change. The story helps kids deal with climate anxiety. Climate ChangeCultureHealth
Inversions trap pollution in Allegheny County this fall, despite new rule Reid FrazierOctober 21, 2022 Despite a new rule, hydrogen sulfide and soot levels surged in Allegheny County during a weather inversion this month. HealthPollution
State Sen. Camera Bartolotta urged Pa. health department to drop out of fracking public health forum, letter shows Reid FrazierOctober 18, 2022 State Sen. Bartolotta, a Washington County Republican, objected to the participation of the Center for Coalfield Justice and the Environmental Health Project. EnergyHealthPolitics
Pennsylvania moves to limit PFAS in drinking water Zoë ReadOctober 17, 2022 The Environmental Quality Board voted to approve limits for two of the toxic class of chemicals known as PFAS in drinking water. HealthWater
An ethane cracker in western Pa. will soon start up. We answered your questions about it Reid FrazierOctober 6, 2022 You asked us questions about Shell's ethane cracker in Beaver County. We got answers about jobs, taxes, royalties, and of course, air pollution. EconomyEnergyHealthPollutionThe Coming Chemical BoomYour Environment Update
Public gets briefed on fracking health studies, despite no-show from Pitt, DOH Reid FrazierOctober 5, 2022 Residents came to a forum in Washington County on state-funded studies on fracking’s impact on public health, even though researchers had pulled out. EnergyHealth
