Researchers, patients optimistic in fight against alpha-gal syndrome
A support group and a lab in the St. Louis area provide resources for people with the allergy to mammal products — and evidence that its effects can be reversed.
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Chlorine creates harmful byproducts in drinking water. New research seeks solutions.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is funding four new research projects into a fundamental drinking-water challenge: how to
Mississippi River mayors rally for a compact to add new legal protections for the waterway
A coalition of Mississippi River mayors want a 10-state compact that would establish collective management of the waterway. At
Covering environmental justice across the basin
Covering environmental injustices across the nation’s largest watershed
Midwest farmworkers struggle with extreme heat — and almost no regulatory safeguards
A fifth of reported heat-related deaths between 2017 and 2022 were agricultural workers, according to OSHA data. Academics, occupational health specialists, and advocacy groups are calling attention to the under-reported impact of climate change on this group from heatwaves.
Farm workers face deadly heat, plus latest headlines
Farmworkers go unprotected from increasing extreme heat
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Dead Zone' smaller than average, but still almost as big as Yellowstone Park
Low-oxygen section of the Gulf of Mexico is smaller than predicted this year
Ag & Water Desk expands coverage of local environment and agriculture news with new grant
The $2.47 million grant extends the Walton Family Foundation's support of the Desk for three more years and represents a more than $1 million increase over the local reporting network's founding grant in 2021.
The Mississippi River's floodplain forests are dying. The race is on to bring them back.
DE SOTO - At the junction of Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, there's a place called Reno Bottoms, where the
Most of the Midwest is in drought — and there’s no simple way to get out of it
A hot summer and dry spring have brought drought to a large part of the Midwest. The lack of moisture