An Idaho law targeted fentanyl dealers. Prosecutors are using it to charge users, too
An InvestigateWest review found at least 30 people charged with trafficking without evidence of selling or distribution. They face mandatory minimum prison terms.
Farmworkers forced to put harvest over health during wildfires
As wildfires increasingly become the norm, farmworkers work in hazardous smoke conditions up and down the West Coast, with few breaks and few protections.
PNW wildfires sicken people in the Midwest and beyond
Researchers estimate that nearly every American is exposed to wildfire smoke each year, even if they never come close to a fire.
Overstretched wildland firefighters risk lung, heart maladies
Wildland firefighters battle increasingly long and hostile fire seasons and often rely on makeshift cloth masks, which can help keep out large debris but offer no protection from small, smoky particles.
Can U.S. health authorities learn from BC’s experience with wildfire smoke?
British Columbia health specialists are ahead of their counterparts in the U.S. when it comes to anticipating sicknesses resulting from wildfire smoke.
Government, employers do little to protect outdoor workers from smoke
Government and employers do little to protect outdoor laborer such as farmworkers, mail carriers and construction crews from the effects of wildfire smoke.
Exposure to heat and wildfire smoke may harm babies, unborn infants
New research indicates that exposure to heat and other forms of pollution during pregnancy increases the risk of stillbirth and low birth weight.
How much smoke is too much? And... comparisons to Beijing are tricky
Health researchers know that wildfire smoke is bad for everyone and have an idea which groups of people are most vulnerable.