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Killing Fields: Field Burning's Deadly Legacynew

The fiery death in 1988 of novelist William Wharton's daughter, her husband and baby girls is probably the grimmest reminder of the dangers of field burning smoke. Today the fight to ban the burn continues in Oregon.
Eugene Weekly  |  Camilla Mortensen  |  06-18-2009  |  Environment

The Right To Breathe Free: A School Nurse Speaks Outnew

A nurse at a school for homeless children in Long Beach opposes development projects that are likely to have a negative effect on local air quality.
Random Lengths News  |  Suzanne Arnold  |  03-21-2009  |  Environment

Environmental Racism in the South Bronxnew

One in four children in the Hunts Point neighborhood has asthma. While urban planners and public health specialists are still struggling to find the cause for the community's disturbingly high asthma rates, for parents like Tanya Fields there is no question that it's the air they breathe that makes their children wheeze.
New York Press  |  Gabriele Steinhauser  |  05-08-2008  |  Science

Truth Outnew

Sick of being lied to by the EPA, 9/11 plaintiffs use the courts to force the answers they seek.
The Village Voice  |  Kristen Lombardi  |  02-22-2006  |  Environment

Smell? What smell?new

Examining the decisions of a local air quality board in North Carolina reveals statewide problems with influence, laws and enforcement.
Mountain Xpress  |  Steve Rasmussen  |  07-23-2004  |  Environment

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