Saving Place

Isle de Jean Charles Plans to Move Culture and Community

By Jolie Breeden

Residents of a small island in Louisiana have big ideas about saving their community from the ravages of sea level rise—ideas that could serve as a model for other sinking cities.

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The Nuclear Option

Belgium Terrorism Raises the Specter of Attacks on Nuclear Facilities

By Elke Weesjes Sabella

Even while Belgium is reeling from terrorist bombings of Zaventem Airport and Maalbeek metro station in Brussels, there is reason to believe that terrorists might have considered infiltrating or sabotaging a nuclear facility to obtain nuclear or radioactive material.

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Weakened Resolve

Flint Crisis Hasn't Steeled the Nation Against the Health Risks of Lead

By Elke Weesjes Sabella

In the 1970s the United States made headway in stanching the amount of lead allowed in household products such as paint or gasoline. The problem, however, has been far from eliminated. The recent crisis in Flint, Michigan, has shown there are still plenty of lead hazards to be concerned about.

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Disaster News Redux

Oklahoma Hopes Less Injection Waste Equals Less Quakes

By Jolie Breeden

Swarms of manmade earthquakes have been increasingly linked to deep well injection mining. Now, Oklahoma—a state hard hit by the quakes but beholden to the oil and gas industry—is beginning to make headway in limiting destructive injection practices.

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Zooming in on Zika

From Harmless Virus to Global Health Issue

By Elke Weesjes Sabella

Following a massive outbreak of Zika in Brazil, scientists learned that this mosquito-borne virus isn’t as benign as previously thought. They discovered a link between Zika and the incidence of central nervous system (CNS) malformation and found strong evidence that Zika triggers Guillain-Barré, a devasting neurological disorder.

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