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Reporting on the safety and well-being of individuals and communities.

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Breathing Uneasy: Port CEO promised green reform, but many trucks still pollute

    ----- -Watch KCTS9 and InvestigateWest’s special report on air pollution in south Seattle, which airs on…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJune 13, 2011
EnvironmentGovernmentHealthInvestigative ReportsUrban sustainability

Breathing Uneasy: Air Pollution Crisis in South Seattle

Watch KCTS9 and InvestigateWest’s special report on air pollution in south Seattle, which airs on…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureJune 13, 2011
EnvironmentGovernmentHealthInvestigative Reports

Washington is first state in nation to ban toxic pavement sealants

Washington became the first state in the nation Thursday to ban toxic asphalt sealants made…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureMay 5, 2011
HealthInvestigative Reports

Governor signs precedent-setting healthcare worker safety laws

Laws that would improve safety for workers who handle chemotherapy and other toxic drugs on…
Carol Smith
Carol SmithApril 14, 2011
HealthInvestigative Reports

InvestigateWest’s reporting fuels two worker safety bills to be signed by governor Wednesday

Gov. Chris Gregoire is expected to sign two bills Wednesday  that will help protect healthcare…
Carol Smith
Carol SmithApril 12, 2011
EnvironmentHealth

Measure would ban toxic pavement sealant

Washington is poised to become the first state to ban a toxic asphalt sealant made…
Robert McClure
Robert McClureMarch 21, 2011
EnvironmentHealth

The high health costs of a Seattle Superfund site: it can take years off your life

Read the related story on how people continue to eat contaminated fish from the Duwamish…
Carol Smith
Carol SmithMarch 20, 2011
EnvironmentHealth

UNSAFE TO CONSUME: Despite warnings, people fish the Duwamish

People aren’t supposed to eat the fish they catch in the Duwamish. But here’s the…
Carol Smith
Carol SmithMarch 20, 2011
EnvironmentHealthNewsroom

Environmental justice gets its due along the Duwamish

By Carol SmithInvestigateWestEnvironmental justice is an old mandate getting a new life under Lisa Jackson,…
Carol Smith
Carol SmithMarch 20, 2011
Health

Senate passes two health-care worker safety bills prompted by InvestigateWest reporting

Two bills sparked by InvestigateWest’s reporting on hazardous drug handling practices passed unanimously through the Washington…
Carol Smith
Carol SmithMarch 3, 2011
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