For five years, our community waited for what we were told would be a cancer study for the Housatonic River area. People rearranged their hope around that word: study. A study tests causes, handles latency, uses exposure data, and applies modern statistics. A study...
The GE Biota monitoring program in Pittsfield, MA, is failing to protect public health. This exposé breaks down how PCB testing in wildlife masks the ongoing harm to local residents, avoids human health data, and keeps communities in the dark. Discover what’s really behind GE’s so-called cleanup and why the EPA’s response falls short.
I started this journey with a few questions. Are PCBs still affecting people in Pittsfield? Are families unknowingly being exposed? Has anyone even checked? The deeper I dug, the more I realized how much information was missing—and more importantly, how much officials...
Most people assume that if their home, school, or community posed a serious risk to their health, someone would tell them. They assume the government agencies tasked with public safety are doing their job. They assume the laws meant to protect them are working. I used...