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Members of the 171st ARW Fire Department conduct training on July 7, 2007. Firefighting foam has been one of the largest sources of PFAS contamination that could cost the military more than $2 billion to clean up. (USAF photo taken by Msgt Stacey Barkey)
Posted inENVIRONMENT

How spills of toxic firefighting foam containing PFAS escaped into streams, drains near Pittsburgh airport

photo of oliver morrison by Oliver Morrison May 28, 2019August 14, 2019

The National Guard’s report studying contamination of PFAS chemicals on two Pittsburgh-area military bases lists several times when toxic firefighting foam escaped into drainage outfalls, streams and local storm and sewage drains.

Posted inSPECIAL PROJECT

Special project: Low-Wage Living

by Natasha Vicens May 23, 2019August 14, 2019
Janae Williams, a student in the eleventh grade at Northgate Middle/Senior High School, watches "Hamlet" in her advanced placement literature class. (Photo by Kat Procyk/PublicSource)
Posted inEDUCATION

New data shows racial achievement gaps at more than half of Allegheny County school districts

by Mary Niederberger March 19, 2019August 15, 2019
Posted inDEVELOP PGH

To me, accessibility feels like an afterthought in Pittsburgh development

by First-person essay by Heather Tomko March 6, 2019November 5, 2021
Posted inEquity

When Manuel was deported from Pittsburgh to Guatemala, he entered the ‘deportation-to-death pipeline’

by Joanna Bernstein January 28, 2019August 14, 2019
A sign indicates the entrance to the PERSAD Center in Lawrenceville, one of the two PERSAD locations in Western Pa. (Photo by Ryan Loew/PublicSource)
Posted inEquity

How PERSAD Center is dealing with sudden leadership changes and concerns about a no-show policy for its LGBTQ patients

by Brittany Hailer January 17, 2019August 14, 2019
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