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I’ve joined the staff of the Minnesota Reformer. They’re a fantastic independent non-profit news outlet based in the Twin Cities, and they’ve been looking to expand their coverage into the rural parts of the state. I’ll also be covering data-focused stuff all over Minnesota.

Minnesota legalizes marijuana edibles

The edibles-only legislation is unique among the states

Parched

The West's water is drying up

Map: How much air pollution is shortening lives in your community

This week the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago released the 2022 edition of its Air Quality Life Index (AQLI).

American Medical Association moves closer to declaring gas stoves a public health risk

The appliances are a major source of indoor air pollution

Latest EPA data confirms that air quality progress has stalled, and in some cases is reversing

The EPA released official 2021 trend data this week

Why dirty air hurts kids more

It's counterintuitive, but pound for pound kids inhale more pollutants than adults do

The latest research on what air pollution's doing to your minds and bodies

One overarching theme: even a little bit is too much

Questions and answers about Gen X and lead

It was in the air

The leaded generation

More than half of Americans alive today were exposed to dangerous levels of lead as kids