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Thu, 2016-11-17 21:54 — Kathy Gilbeaux
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Individuals can make a difference in their own community but not everyone has bought into preparedness.  Research on personal preparedness indicates that individuals who believe they are prepared for disasters often are not as prepared as they think.  In addition, some admit they do not plan to prepare at all. 

The challenge: Maximizing awareness and encouraging participation in disaster preparedness activities to affect change at the community level.

Philly's shame: City ignores thousands of poisoned kids

Wed, 2016-11-02 21:00 — Maeryn Obley

philly.com - October 28th 2016 - Barbara Laker, Wendy Ruderman, Dylan Purcell

When Aisha Stafford picked up her cell phone, the pediatrician sounded panicked.

"Whatever you're doing," he told her, "you have to stop." Take your son to the emergency room immediately, he insisted.

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Dope Sick: A harrowing story of best friends, addiction — and a stealth killer

Tue, 2016-08-02 21:29 — Maeryn Obley

DJ Shanks with childhood friends in January 2015, a month before he died.

Image: DJ Shanks with childhood friends in January 2015, a month before he died.

statnews.com - August 2nd 2016 - David Armstrong

DJ Shanks was early into his afternoon shift as a baker at the Tim Hortons doughnut shop when the craving, and the dread, began. He called the one person he knew would help. Fast.

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Rural Pennsylvanians Say Fracking ‘Just Ruined Everything’

Sun, 2016-06-26 21:36 — Maeryn Obley

Jesse and Shirley Eakin stand by the water well they no longer use at their home in Avella, Pa. Delivered water is stored in the tank behind them.Image: Jesse and Shirley Eakin stand by the water well they no longer use at their home in Avella, Pa. Delivered water is stored in the tank behind them.

huffingtonpost.com - June 23rd 2016 - Maryam Jameel

Sixty years after his service in the Army, Jesse Eakin still completes his outfits with a pin that bears a lesson from the Korean War: Never Impossible.

That maxim has been tested by a low-grade but persistent threat far different than the kind Eakin encountered in Korea: well water that’s too dangerous to drink. It gives off a strange odor and bears a yellow tint. It carries sand that clogs faucets in the home Eakin shares with his wife, Shirley, here in southwestern Pennsylvania.

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The Crisis in Flint Isn't Over. It's Everywhere.

Wed, 2016-06-01 21:36 — Maeryn Obley

Tony Palladeno’s rental units sit unoccupied; his water still irritates his skin and eyes when he bathes. Photo by Dan Winters

Image: Tony Palladeno’s rental units sit unoccupied; his water still irritates his skin and eyes when he bathes. Photo by Dan Winters

wired.com - June 1st 2016 - Ben Paynter

At his home near Kearsley Park, on the east side of Flint, Michigan, Tony Palladeno Jr. grabs his keys and a pair of 1-liter medical-grade plastic bottles—one full and one empty. He filled the first yesterday, with slightly cloudy water from his own tap. To fill the second, he strolls a few doors down to a two-story home he once rented out.

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If you use Waze, hackers can stalk you

Sun, 2016-05-01 21:34 — Maeryn Obley

The Waze logo, under surveillance by cameras. Elena Scotti/FUSION

Image: The Waze logo, under surveillance by cameras. Elena Scotti/FUSION

fusion.net - April 26th 2016 - Kashmir Hill

Millions of drivers use Waze, a Google-owned navigation app, to find the best, fastest route from point A to point B. And according to a new study, all of those people run the risk of having their movements tracked by hackers.

Researchers at the University of California-Santa Barbara recently discovered a Waze vulnerability that allowed them to create thousands of “ghost drivers” that can monitor the drivers around them—an exploit that could be used to track Waze users in real-time.

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Chernobyl's legacy 30 years on

Wed, 2016-04-27 09:46 — Kathy Gilbeaux

Image: Dr Rachel Furley (centre) with members of the Kartuzovi family, one of the many families her charity helps.

bbc.com - April 26th 2016 - Tom Burridge

Children are still being born with severe birth defects and rare types of cancer in areas near to Chernobyl, according to a British charity, three decades on from the world's worst civil nuclear disaster.

The accident on 26 April 1986 contributed to the downfall of the Soviet Union, changed the way the world thinks about nuclear energy and has affected an unquantifiable number of people in the region.

For British paediatrician Dr Rachel Furley, the "desperately sad" reality is that women who have spent their entire lives exposed to high levels of radiation are now having children. 

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Adapting To A More Extreme Climate, Coastal Cities Get Creative

Fri, 2016-04-15 18:59 — Maeryn Obley

Jeff Hebert, who is leading New Orleans' efforts to adapt to rising sea levels, stands at the site of the future Mirabeau Water Garden, a federally funded project designed to absorb water in residential Gentilly. Tegan Wendland/WWNO

Image: Jeff Hebert, who is leading New Orleans' efforts to adapt to rising sea levels, stands at the site of the future Mirabeau Water Garden, a federally funded project designed to absorb water in residential Gentilly. Tegan Wendland/WWNO

npr.org - April 13th 2016 - Tegan Wendland and Susan Phillips

Coastal cities across the globe are looking for ways to protect themselves from sea level rise and extreme weather. In the U.S., there is no set funding stream to help — leaving each city to figure out solutions for itself.

New Orleans and Philadelphia are two cities that face very similar challenges of flooding from rising tides.

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America's 'Third Wave' Of Asbestos Disease Upends Lives

Sun, 2016-01-03 00:32 — Maeryn Obley

Video: Time Bomb: A rare cancer shatters a worker's life.

npr.org - December 17th, 2015 - Jim Morris and Maryam Jameel

Until the morning of Sept. 25, 2014, life was treating Kris Penny well. His flooring company had just secured its first big contract.

But that morning, Penny, of Clermont, Fla., was feeling lethargic.

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Welcome to Armageddon, USA: A Tour of America’s Most Toxic Town

Sat, 2015-09-19 23:42 — Maeryn Obley

An abandoned town.

Image: An abandoned town.

wired.com- August 30th, 2010 - Ben Paynter

Larry Roberts angles his white Mercury Grand Marquis into the empty parking lot of a tiny café, G & J’s Gorillas Cage, and cruises into a space near the front door. The restaurant’s red and white metal trim is faded and rusted, and the lightbulb-lined roadside sign has been dark for years. Hand-painted placards in the windows advertise burger baskets, corn dogs, and a couple of untruths—”Last Place in Picher!” and “Yes, We’re Open!”

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