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In this Dec. 1, 2015 photo, a woman wears a mask to protect herself from pollutants near Tiananmen Gate on a heavily polluted day in Beijing. Episodes of nauseating smog lasting several days has become part of wintertime in the Chinese capital, and for many Beijing residents face masks have become a routine cold-weather accessory, along with hats and gloves. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) (AP)

Only some masks protect against toxins

Samantha Young, Ana B. Ibarra - KFF Health News
(Getty/RomoloTavani)

Climate change is a game with no end

John Feffer - TomDispatch.com
FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2014, file photo, the City of Toledo water intake crib is surrounded by algae in Lake Erie, off the shore of Curtice, Ohio. Groups working to solve Lake Erie’s algae outbreaks agree that a key step will be targeting areas that are sending much of the algae-feeding phosphorus into the lake. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File) (AP)

Algae is taking over Lake Erie

Maria Gallucci - Grist
(Getty/Nova SAFO)

SNAP contractors complicate access

Michelle Andrews - KFF Health News
(Associated Press)

Beware antibiotic-resistant infections

Gerry Wright - The Conversation
(Ryan Dorgan/Casper Star-Tribune via AP, File)

Bold climate policy in these 6 states

Eric Holthaus - Grist
(Getty/vm)

Beyond pre-existing conditions

J.B. Silvers - The Conversation
Interpol performs at the Arena in Vienna, Austria, on June 25, 2018. (Getty/Georg Hochmuth)

Music matters in the real world

Edward R. Howe - The Conversation
(AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

The air quality inequality

Nicole Karlis
(AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Obama shares her trauma of miscarriage

Emmarie Huetteman - KFF Health News
People wear masks while walking through the Financial District in the smoke-filled air Friday, Nov. 9, 2018, in San Francisco. (AP/Eric Risberg)

How wildfire smoke affects your health

Nicole Karlis
Firefighters push down a wall while battling against a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California on November 09, 2018 (Getty/Josh Edelson)

The other victims of California fires

Brooke Anderson - In These Times
(Shutterstock)

Coloradans reject oil drilling bill

Stephanie Malin, Tara Opsal - The Conversation
(AP/M. Spencer Green)

Fish oil and vitamin D pills ineffective

Liz Szabo - KFF Health News
(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Strategies for living with wildfire

Max Moritz, Naomi Tague, Sarah Anderson - The Conversation
In this photo provided by the Wilshire Grand Center, a worker signals as a crane hoists a beacon into place atop a 160-foot spire on the Wilshire Grand Tower early Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016, in downtown Los Angeles. The 10-ton spire makes the structure the tallest building west of the Mississippi River. The $1 billion hotel and office complex is scheduled to open next March. (Gary Leonard/Wilshire Grand Center via AP) (AP)

Reversing global warming with concrete

Madison Sankovitz
(Getty/StHelena)

Teen brains are victim to anxiety

Paola Odriozola, Dylan Gee - The Conversation
Lisa and Kevin Engelbert on the farm. (Lela Nargi / Civil Eats)

What’s behind the dairy crisis?

Lela Nargi - Civil Eats
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Hurricanes threaten oyster industry

Daniel R. Petrolia, William C. Walton - The Conversation
(Getty/dolgachov)

The "screen time" debate

Jean Twenge - The Conversation
TWENTY ONE OF ONE HUNDRED PHOTOS WORLD WAR ONE CENTENARY TIMELINE - In this 1914 file photo, Allied troops huddle in a trench around a tiny fire near Ypres, Belgium. (AP Photo, File) (AP)

Lessons on life in health care’s trench

Richard Gunderman - The Conversation
(AP Photo/NOAA Fisheries)

Animals at risk in the Arctic

Donna Hauser, Harry Stern, Kristin Laidre - The Conversation
(Getty Images)

Deadly shootings on the rise in U.S.

Carmen Heredia Rodriguez - KFF Health News
(Getty/JamesBrey)

Dicamba is dividing communities

Virginia Gewin - Civil Eats
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