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Particles are small enough to burrow into lungs, says report, with health impacts ‘more substantial than we realize’ Every breath people take in their homes or car probably contains significant amounts of microplastics small enough to burrow deep into lungs,…
Lead water service lines plague the whole city, hitting Black and Latino neighborhoods hardest. See if your home is at risk. By Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News, Grist…
Find out if you’re at risk and how to replicate our work. By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Keerti Gopal, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, Amy Qin This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News, Grist and WBEZ.
How to test your water, get free filters and find other help. By Sophia Kalakailo, City Bureau This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News, Grist, WBEZ and City Bureau.
Chicago has a lead pipe problem. The city estimates that about 412,000 out of roughly 491,000 water service lines require replacement because they are known or suspected to contain lead. That’s the most of any city in the country. Service…
As Gina Ramirez buckled her 11-year-old son into her car last month for their daily drive to school, she handed him a plastic water bottle. “I would love to be able to have him put a cup under the tap…
Chicago residents risk daily lead exposure from toxic lead service lines, the underground pipes that connect buildings to the city’s water supply. The city has the most lead service lines in the country — around 412,000 — and officials don’t…
Hundreds of wildfires across Europe have burned at least 1 million hectares, or around 2.5 million acres, since the start of the year. That’s made 2025 the worst year for the continent since official wildfire records began in 2006. In…
The IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, now officially recognizes four distinct giraffe species, it announced on Aug. 21. Until recently, giraffes across Africa were classified as a single species with eight to 11 subspecies. However, since 2016, when the…
KATHMANDU — Until the summer of 2024, residents of Rajabahs village in Nepal’s southeastern Madhesh province reeled under a water shortage for more than eight years as wells and springs dried up amid extreme summer heat. “We didn’t even have…