When Azul was five, doctors finally figured out the little girl had asthma. That’s become a big problem among children of farm workers, says Dr. Catherine Karr of the University of Washington.
Any potential money is barred by a congressional act known as the Dickey Amendment, which mandates that none of the funds available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would be “used to advocate or promote gun control."
A First Nations group in British Columbia is trying to counter the environmental and economic impact of sea-based salmon farming by starting a new kind of salmon farm — on land. But the enterprise is fraught with challenges.
Behind the scenes, ahead of a day of action, young undocumented immigrants assign roles and prepare to risk arrest to remind Congress they are still active.
Several weeks ago, about 160,000 Atlantic salmon escaped into Puget Sound from a broken net pen, raising concerns about damage to wildlife and the environment.
Red Delicious apples from Washington state have long been the pinnacle of apples. With an explosion of apple varieties, however, it has fallen out of favor with many American consumers. In China, though, it’s highly revered.
Cancer can be triggered by infectious diseases, especially in impoverished parts of the world. Scientists in the US and Africa are working to unravel how viruses and bacteria cause malignancies.
Nearly three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, many consumers in the US remain concerned about radiation in fish from the Pacific Ocean. One Seattle fisherman finally got his fish tested, and found what many scientists have also found: there's nothing to worry about.
What it’s like for kids to understand that some of their friends live in the US “without papers”? A Seattle boy named Ronan found out when his best friend told him that he was in the United States without legal status.
Either nonprofits are fully businesses, with all the rights that entails, says this Seattle nonprofit leader, "or else we are beautiful and complex snowflakes of equity and justice and need different considerations." But stop judging the sector by the standards of business when it doesn't get many of the benefits of the for-profit sector.
But farm workers in Mexico say they are still fighting for better wages and working conditions while harvesting the berries sold in US markets under the Driscoll’s brand name.
You can't make beer without hops, but climate change is threatening the future of the crop in a place that grows a quarter of all the world's supply — Washington state. That's got growers and brewers there and around the world scrambling to make changes to improve the resilience and sustainability of their industry.
President Obama has given Shell the green light to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean, but activists and politicians in Seattle are throwing up as many stop signs as they can as the drilling rig preps there for its journey north. It's the latest flashpoint in the growing international anti-fossil fuel movement.
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Health & Medicine
Part IV: The Infectious Connection
PRI's The World
December 06, 2012
Cancer can be triggered by infectious diseases, especially in impoverished parts of the world. Scientists in the US and Africa are working to unravel how viruses and bacteria cause malignancies.
Science, Tech & Environment
Worried about radioactive 'Fukushima' fish in the US? Don't be, scientists say
PRI's The World
January 20, 2014
Nearly three years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan, many consumers in the US remain concerned about radiation in fish from the Pacific Ocean. One Seattle fisherman finally got his fish tested, and found what many scientists have also found: there's nothing to worry about.
Environment
How Washington ranchers are learning to cope with wolves, with lessons from Uganda
PRI's The World
February 24, 2017
Would you buy wolf-friendly meat? That's one idea Carol Bogezi has to help cattle ranchers in Washington state learn to live with wolves.
Justice
This Seattle boy was just six when he was asked to protect an undocumented family
PRI's The World
April 13, 2015
What it’s like for kids to understand that some of their friends live in the US “without papers”? A Seattle boy named Ronan found out when his best friend told him that he was in the United States without legal status.
Business
Hey, you want nonprofits to act more like businesses? Treat them like businesses.
December 30, 2015
Either nonprofits are fully businesses, with all the rights that entails, says this Seattle nonprofit leader, "or else we are beautiful and complex snowflakes of equity and justice and need different considerations." But stop judging the sector by the standards of business when it doesn't get many of the benefits of the for-profit sector.
Justice
The people who pick your berries in Washington will now be represented by a union
PRI's The World
October 19, 2016
But farm workers in Mexico say they are still fighting for better wages and working conditions while harvesting the berries sold in US markets under the Driscoll’s brand name.
Environment
The climate for making beer is changing, so brewers and hops growers are, too
PRI's The World
October 26, 2016
You can't make beer without hops, but climate change is threatening the future of the crop in a place that grows a quarter of all the world's supply — Washington state. That's got growers and brewers there and around the world scrambling to make changes to improve the resilience and sustainability of their industry.
Environment
Beavers are being looked at as little climate change fighting machines
Living on Earth
March 26, 2015
Beavers are little climate change activists, much like the human subjects of the documentary, “The Beaver Believers.”
Economics
Seattle becomes first US city to try dockless bike sharing, the system that’s transforming China
PRI's The World
August 21, 2017
Seattle had bike sharing, but the system didn’t work out. But the new system — dockless bike sharing — is already off to a hot start.
Environment
The road to Arctic oil drilling runs through Seattle. People there are trying to block it.
PRI's The World
June 08, 2015
President Obama has given Shell the green light to drill for oil in the Arctic Ocean, but activists and politicians in Seattle are throwing up as many stop signs as they can as the drilling rig preps there for its journey north. It's the latest flashpoint in the growing international anti-fossil fuel movement.