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‘A threat multiplier’: The hidden factors contributing to New York City’s coronavirus disparities
"The disparities for COVID-19 really mirror the disparities that New York City’s environmental justice communities have faced for decades."
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Environmental groups sue EPA over ‘reckless’ response to coronavirus
"We will not let this outrageous order stand."
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A jail built on a landfill is at the center of America’s coronavirus outbreak
As of Tuesday morning, 287 New York City inmates and 406 jail staff had already tested positive for COVID-19.
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How vulnerable is your community to coronavirus? These new maps reveal a familiar pattern.
"Our most heavily weighted and frequent determining risk factor was air quality."
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The ‘water is life’ movement just scored a big win against an oil pipeline
Now they hope a Democratic president will deliver the final blow.
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Coronavirus has city dwellers heading for the hills. Here’s why they should stay put.
It makes sense that city dwellers are itching to flee urban areas, but there are a number of reasons why they should suppress that urge, and climate change is one of them.
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Puerto Rico faces another disaster: The coronavirus pandemic
The island’s health infrastructure has not yet recovered from Hurricane Maria and more recent environmental disasters.
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One more way the world wasn’t prepared for coronavirus: Air pollution
The connections between dirty air and the virus.
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DDT’s toxic legacy could span three generations
Scientists have struggled to link DDT and cancer. Then a library of frozen blood changed everything.
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Did DDT play a role in my family’s cancers?
These four sisters all developed breast cancer, despite having no genetic markers for the illness. Was something in their environment responsible? One of their daughters is looking at the once […]
