Health - Investigate Midwest (Page 12)

Troubled Water: A News21 Documentary

Troubled Water is a 30-minute documentary about drinking water contamination in the United States. The film explores nine locations across the country where water has affected people.

By News21

/ 4 Oct 2017

Farming Activity Contaminates Water Despite Best Practices

Lynda Cochart did not realize her water in Wisconsin was contaminated with coliform bacteria until she contracted MRSA, an antibiotic-resistant skin infection. Another News21 report that puts farm run-off, including some in Iowa, into perspective.

By Jackie Wang, Nicole Tyau and Chelsea Rae Ybanez/News21

/ 7 Sep 2017

Farming Activity Contaminates Water Despite Best Practices

Fairwarning Report: Safety Advocates Want More From Wireless Industry On Texting And Driving

In recent years thousands have died on the nation’s highways, mostly in ones and twos, as a result of drivers fiddling with their phones. The main countermeasures–campaigns exhorting drivers to stay focused and ticketing violators of state bans on texting and hand-held use of phones–have had limited

By Myron Levin/Fairwarning.org

/ 30 Aug 2017

Fairwarning Report: Safety Advocates Want More From Wireless Industry On Texting And Driving

Lax Oversight Puts Millions Of Private Well Users At Risk

Most of the 43 million Americans who rely on private wells -- some 288,000 in Iowa -- don’t know if their water is safe to drink because unlike the regulation of public water systems, there is no government monitoring of wells. Another New21 water quality report, with links to IowaWatch reporting.

By Bryn Caswell and Fionnuala O’Leary/News21

/ 23 Aug 2017

Lax Oversight Puts Millions Of Private Well Users At Risk

Fear Of The Unknown: The Effect Of Water Contamination On Health

Many Americans don’t always know what’s in their water – and even when they do, the science can’t always make definitive connections between tainted water and health problems. Health officials, from the federal level down to the local authorities, also face budget constraints that can limit how they

By Amy Molloy/News21

/ 15 Aug 2017

Fear Of The Unknown: The Effect Of Water Contamination On Health

Despite Hazards, Push To Open Public Roads To Off-Road Vehicles In High Gear

Officials in small towns and rural areas around the country, at the urging of riding enthusiasts, have been approving the use of ATVs on public roadways. Safety advocates have pushed back, but they are losing more fights than they win.

By Paul Feldman/FairWarning.org

/ 1 Aug 2017

Despite Hazards, Push To Open Public Roads To Off-Road Vehicles In High Gear

Cedar Falls Fights Drinking Water Nitrates Battle

Knowing where your water comes from is one thing. Knowing what is in your water is another. Three of Cedar Falls’ wells – 3, 9 and 10 – consistently have recorded high nitrate levels.

By Elise Leasure, Sabine Martin and Katherine Mauss/IowaWatch and Cedar Falls Tiger Hi-Line

/ 2 Jun 2017

Cedar Falls Fights Drinking Water Nitrates Battle

Mental Health Issues Growing Among Iowa High School Students

Facing intense academic demands and ever-present peer comparisons through social media, an increasing number of Iowa high school students grapple with mental health issues and enduring problems previous generations seldom confronted, an IowaWatch High School Journalism Project has found.

By Fenna Semken, Clare Rolinger, Sophia Schillinger, Mina Takahashi, Taylor Shelfo and Stephen J. Berry

/ 26 May 2017

Mental Health Issues Growing Among Iowa High School Students

Salmonella, campylobacter top foodborne illnesses in 2016

Salmonella and campylobacter caused the most reported bacterial foodborne illnesses in 2016, preliminary data recently released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s FoodNet program has found.

By Robert Holly

/ 26 Apr 2017

Environmental groups sue EPA, renew calls for ban on pesticide linked to neurological disorders

Two environmental groups filed a complaint against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday for its controversial decision to not ban a pesticide linked to neurological, developmental and autoimmune disorders.

By Robert Holly

/ 6 Apr 2017

Environmental groups sue EPA, renew calls for ban on pesticide linked to neurological disorders

Iowans With Critical Mental Health Illness Struggle In System Called A 'Crisis' And 'Failing Iowans'

At first, Leslie Carpenter thought her son Patrick was on drugs. She was at home in Iowa City with her husband and about to go to bed when the phone rang. It was Patrick. “Mom, I died. I’ve been reborn,” the 19-year-old told her. “I’m God. We need to go, and I need you to take me to see Obama and Op

By Julia Davis

/ 5 Apr 2017

Iowans With Critical Mental Health Illness Struggle In System Called A 'Crisis' And 'Failing Iowans'

Nonpartisan watchdog finds ‘gaps’ in oversight of antibiotics in agriculture

The federal government has taken steps aimed at reducing the spread of antibiotic-resistant bacteria, a serious health threat that sickens an estimated 2 million people in the United States each year. But nobody knows if those steps — many focused on monitoring the antibiotics given to cattle, hogs

By Robert Holly

/ 4 Apr 2017

Nonpartisan watchdog finds ‘gaps’ in oversight of antibiotics in agriculture