Blow: A Toxic Legacy

Blow: A Toxic Legacy

For the Tennessee Lookout, Ashli Blow (@ashliblow) co-authored a feature on the long-term impact of a chemical plant on its Memphis neighborhood and the people who live there. The company, Velsicol, still technically operates the plant in order to clean up the “legacy...
Dolan: Arsenic in Water

Dolan: Arsenic in Water

The latest in Ensia’s “Troubled Waters” series about the safety of the water supply, this story by Maria Dolan (@mariaidolan) reveals that many communities around the U.S., especially in the Southwest, are drinking water contaminated by unsafe levels of arsenic....

Peeples: A Case of the Vapors…

…and a good case for supporting the EPA, from NSWA Board Member Lynne Peeples. In a feature for the environmental magazine Ensia, Lynne explains vapor intrusion, a danger that is as creepy as it sounds. It happens when naturally occurring radon gas seeps into...