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Maywood: A Polluted Community

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For more information on this June 19, 2012 environmental health journalism webinar, go to http://bit.ly/KqKxog or visit ReportingonHealth.org.

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  • 1. Maywood: A Polluted Community

2. In Industrys Shadow 3. Nagging questionsMore deaths in state are linked to air pollutionAs many as 24,000 deaths annually in California arelinked to chronic exposure to fine particulatepollution, triple the previous official estimate of8,200, according to state researchers. May 22, 2008, Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writer 4. The Martin Family 5. Be RealisticAbout Time And Money 6. What Should You Test For? Lead Manganese Mercury Arsenic Whats in yourcommunity? 7. Think about Ethics IRB or not? Language issues andconsent forms Independent experts todeliver results and offercounseling Caution: no sure way tolink pollutants to source 8. Expect the Unexpected 9. Finally! The Results 10. Translate for More Impact 11. Questions?