Tag: communities of color
“Voices being ignored”: Regulators fail to enforce water-pollution laws in communities...
"For communities already facing severe burdens due to racism, social conditions, and/or environmental and health hazards, the inability to turn on a tap and receive clean, safe water is particularly devastating—and unjust."
Intelligence thieves: How toxic pollutants are robbing communities of color
In her new book, author and ethicist Harriet Washington unearths one of the most overlooked aspects of environmental racism.
New study shows communities of color disproportionately affected by air pollution
“What this study shows is what communities of color across the region have long understood—that they are unfairly exposed to higher levels of pollution."
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New study finds CT scans to account for 5 percent of cancer diagnoses
While some experts caution against CT scans, many believe the modeling used in this study left much uncertainty.
White House cancels $810 million in congressional spending days before fiscal year ends
Senate Appropriations Chair Susan Collins, a Republican, called the pocket rescission unlawful, and the House is out of session until after the November election.
She Left After Waiting Hours in the Emergency Room. The ER Billed Her Anyway.
A patient in Illinois was billed after leaving an emergency room without being treated, in KFF Health News' Bill of the Month series.
Tennessee lawmakers demand answers after report that private youth prisons hid abuse
One company runs all three of the state's highest-security youth prisons, and Tennessee plans to spend more than $400 million on additional facilities.
Pennsylvania measles outbreak reaches 890 cases with four deaths
Fewer than 1 percent of cases are among vaccinated people, and MMR doses given in the state ran well above a typical month in August and September.