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Cultivators address new health and safety issues for plants and workers
October 17, 2023 | Cannabis Science and Technology | Featured: Coralynn Sack View
6 ways climate change hurts your health—and what you can do about it
October 12, 2023 | Fortune | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View
Strain of bird flu found in harbor seals in Puget Sound
October 10, 2023 | KXLY | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View
Reducing food waste: part of the food insecurity solution
October 8, 2023 | Salish Current | Featured: Emily Hovis View
New WA air-quality monitors draw critique from environmental justice advocates
October 5, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Esther Min View
How Mississippi’s outdoor workers dealt with the hottest August on record
October 5, 2023 | Mississippi Public Broadcasting | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View
UW prof.: Fighting climate change woefully underfunded
October 3, 2023 | MyNorthwest | Featured: Jeremy J Hess View
U.S. Heat Deaths Will Soar as the Climate Crisis Worsens
September 28, 2023 | Scientific American | Featured: Kristie L. Ebi View
Study finds public transit workers exposed to fentanyl residue, meth smoke
September 26, 2023 | Safety + Health | Featured: Marissa Baker View
Cookware containing dangerous amounts of lead still being sold online after expert warnings
September 26, 2023 | KING 5 | Featured: Diana Ceballos, Stephen G. Whittaker View
What to know about Nipah virus amid outbreak in India
September 18, 2023 | ABC News | Featured: Peter Rabinowitz View
UW researchers stress transit study did not find 'no risk' from drug exposure
September 14, 2023 | KOMO News | Featured: Marissa Baker View
Why didn’t health officials find Listeria in Tacoma Frugals machines in April inspection?
September 13, 2023 | The News Tribune | Featured: Emily Hovis View
'It is not OK,' Seattle union leader responds to transit drug study
September 8, 2023 | KUOW | Featured: Marissa Baker, Christopher Zuidema View
Drug smoke wafts through transit but not at toxic levels, UW study says
September 7, 2023 | Seattle Times | Featured: Marissa Baker View