Researchers Examine How Extreme Weather Events Can Expose People To Toxic Chemicals

reports researchers are examining how “the extreme weather and fires of recent years, similar to the flooding that has struck Louisiana and the Midwest, may be making Americans sick in ways.” Researchers have found that such events can expose people to toxic chemicals “by knocking chemicals loose from soil, homes, industrial-waste sites or other sources, and spreading them into the air, water and ground, disasters like these.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/15/climate/flooding-chemicals-health-research.html