PRO PUBLICA: The Most Detailed Map of Industrial Pollution in USA (02 Nov 2021)

The Daily Digest Tue. Nov 2, 2021

The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. Using the EPA’s data, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot. by Al Shaw and Lylla Younes VIEW STORY

Poison in the Air The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe carcinogens. ProPublica reveals where these places are in a first-of-its-kind map and data analysis. by Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller, photography by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica Can Air Pollution Cause Cancer? What You Need to Know About the Risks. If you live close to certain industrial facilities, you may have a higher estimated cancer risk. This may sound alarming. Here are answers to common questions, some crowdsourced tips and how to share your experience to help our investigation. by Maya Miller, illustrations by Laila Milevski, with additional reporting by Lisa Song, Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman and Al Shaw How We Created the Most Detailed Map Ever of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution We analyzed billions of rows of EPA data to do something the agency had never done before: map the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. by Lylla Younes, Al Shaw and Ava Kofman