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A protest sign stands in front of an evacuated and boarded up house in the Love Canal neighborhood in Niagara Falls. The area was abandoned after it was learned that tons of toxic waste were dumped in the canal beside the houses. (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor)

The Love Canal disaster: Anatomy of an environmental tragedy

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EMTs rush a patient to the emergency room at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on March 24, 2020, as the number of confirmed Massachusetts cases of coronavirus soars to near 5,000. (Stan Grossfeld/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

First responders lacking mental health support turn to their peers

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Prescription medication is strewn about, with pill bottles in the deep background. (Getty Images)

A sweeping — and personal — history of addiction

Peter Andrey Smith
Joyce Daubert and her son Jason in front of Joyce’s home in Ramona, California. (Ariana Drehsler/Undark)

Where science enters the courtroom, the Daubert name looms large

Peter Andrey Smith