by Sachi Kitajima Mulkey | Aug 14, 2026 | Air Pollution, Cancer, Data, EPA, News, Public Health, Trump Administration
Darya Minovi was mapping pollution from medical sterilization plants across the country when many of the communities she was speaking to began asking the same question. The facilities emit ethylene oxide, a potent carcinogen, and those who lived nearby wanted to know how much the emissions were increasing their cancer risk. She turned to data compiled by the Environmental Protection Agency to find…
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by Jen Fifield | Nov 1, 2025 | Data, DHS, Driver's License, immigration, News, SAVE Act, Social Security
The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship. The plan, outlined in a public notice posted Thursday, is the latest step in an unprecedented Trump administration initiative to pool confidential data from varied sources that it claims will help identify…
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