Public Health Watch

The cancer risk from benzene emissions in Channelview, TX, could be up to 2,000 times higher than the EPA's current estimate, according to researchers who analyzed data made public by Public Health Watch. https://lnkd.in/gRDhsmCf

Public Health Watch dives into why so many children in Texas are uninsured: "Among the issues is a backlog of thousands of families who applied for #Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP. For most of 2024, the average waiting time for a decision by the state was well over two months, which triggered a federal probe under the Biden administration. The application process remains tedious and confusing, requiring families to sometimes round up dozens of documents to prove they’re eligible. Some give up."

Texas has the highest rate of uninsured children, and it's getting worse. More troubling, hundreds of thousands are eligible for public health-care coverage but not signed up. What changes would help?

Strict abortion laws have eroded trust between mental health providers and their clients. A new pro-choice national directory links clients with vetted professionals to discuss abortion.

A Texas state senator has introduced a bill that addresses issues uncovered by Public Health Watch’s reporting in Channelview, which has been plagued by cancer-causing benzene for at least 20 years.

California’s only lead battery recycling facility has admitted violating its hazardous waste permit and related state laws and will pay a $315k fine. The admission follows months of reporting on the smelter by Public Health Watch.

As wildfires rage in the Los Angeles area, a situation likely made worse by climate change, Public Health Watch has identified the state’s 10 biggest sources of greenhouse gases. https://lnkd.in/gjAxvSRJ

After months of investigative stories by Public Health Watch and WBFO, Goodyear agrees with New York regulators to begin toughening its controls on toxic releases from its chemical plant in Niagara Falls. A permanent solution would be in place by late 2026.

A new paper blames rampant chemical production for a host of illnesses among children. #cancer #asthma #obesity

Our story foreshadowed it: House GOP is eyeing big funding cuts to #Medicaid. Experts told @pubhealthwatch such cuts could cause the nation's uninsured rate to surge. “Tens of millions of people could either become uninsured entirely or lose access to the care they need.”