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In the first case of its type to go to trial in the U.S., a Los Angeles County jury handed down a $52.4 million verdict Wednesday against three artificial-stone countertop makers sued by a worker who developed the lung disease silicosis. publichealthwatch.org/2024/08/08/jur…

Awed by the Toxic Texas Air team Public Health Watch for winning the 2024 RTDNA National Edward R #Murrow Award for Continuing Coverage. Congrats Jim Morris DavidLeffler Salina Arredondo @SavannaStrott @JCholakovska Jordan Gass-Poore' 💀 Nazmul Ahasan David Fritze

The second major national journalism award in two days for the Public Health Watch Toxic Texas Air reporting/editing team. Congrats: Jim Morris DavidLeffler David Fritze @SavannaStrott Salina Arredondo @JCholakovska Jordan Gass-Poore' 💀 Nazmul Ahasan and Susan Waltz White. Online News Association #OJA24

More recognition for Public Health Watch and Toxic Texas Air, a finalist in Local Reporting for the Gerald Loeb Awards. Congrats Jim Morris David Leffler @SavannaStrott Salina Arredondo David Fritze @JCholakovska & Susan Waltz White prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

The same chemical that caused an epidemic of bladder cancer among workers at a Goodyear chemical plant in Niagara Falls is going into the air at levels 1,000 percent higher than what's considered safe. Our report, with @WBFO and Inside Climate News. publichealthwatch.org/2024/09/18/nia…

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On Monday, PHW reporter Savanna Strott picked up our Edward R. Murrow award from RTDNA. Savanna was a key member of our "Toxic Texas Air" team. Photo credit: BP Miller/Chorus Photography.

So many partners deserve credit for the recent and past black lung reporting/editing: Allen Siegler Mountain State Spotlight Justin Hicks Louisville Public Media Public Health Watch Jim Morris Ohio Valley ReSource benny becker 🌸🪬🌸 Jeff Young Chris Hamby Jingnan Robert Benincasa Cat Schuknecht Nicole Beemsterboer

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A note about the election from our editor-in-chief: publichealthwatch.org/2024/11/07/a-n…

“I see homeless people in wheelchairs and I think, ‘Could that have been me if I didn’t have family or church?’”-Rev. Fred Blackman II, describing how a health crisis almost bankrupted him. There will be more like him if GOP=backed Medicaid cuts happen. publichealthwatch.org/2024/11/01/med…

New data show residents of Channelview, Texas, were exposed to higher levels of cancer-causing benzene in 2021 than ever recorded since warnings began two decades ago. Regulators never told residents.publichealthwatch.org/2024/12/12/hou…

NEW from Emyle Watkins ♿️ Jim Morris @WBFO Public Health Watch NiagaraFalls plant polluting neighborhood with carcinogen. wbfo.org/local/2024-12-…

#Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods #news #environment #pollution Jim Morris and Emyle Watkins ♿️ , Public Health Watch publichealthwatch.org/2024/12/18/com…

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Impact from the accountability reporting of Emyle Watkins ♿️ @WBFO Jim Morris Public Health Watch - Goodyear agrees to limit Niagara Falls plant emissions of chemical that causes bladder cancer publichealthwatch.org/2025/01/15/goo…

The HPV vaccine doesn't just prevent cervical cancer. Had it been available, it could have saved Chris Riley's life. But vaccine skeptics, including RFK Jr., have discouraged its use - a preventable tragedy. publichealthwatch.org/2025/01/27/an-…

Regulatory agencies are far from perfect. But rules, and the people who enforce them, protect our health and safety. Having covered plane crashes in Dallas, Detroit and Reno, I know what's at stake. cnn.com/us/live-news/p…

When we broke the story of a silicosis epidemic in LA more than two years ago, the total number of cases of the lung disease in CA was 52. Now it's 247. See the state's new silicosis dashboard for more data: publichealthwatch.org/2025/02/07/cal…