Despite the high stakes, the EPA relies on emissions data it knows to be inaccurate.

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What’s Polluting the Air? Not Even the EPA Can Say. <[link removed]> Despite the high stakes for public health, the EPA relies on emissions data it knows to be inaccurate. To expose toxic hot spots, we first had to get the facts straight. by Ava Kofman

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The Most Detailed Map of Cancer-Causing Industrial Air Pollution in the U.S. <[link removed]> Using the EPA’s data, we mapped the spread of cancer-causing industrial air emissions down to the neighborhood level. Look up your home to see if you and your loved ones are living in a hot spot. by Al Shaw and Lylla Younes <[link removed]>

Poison in the Air <[link removed]> The EPA allows polluters to turn neighborhoods into “sacrifice zones” where residents breathe carcinogens. ProPublica reveals where these places are in a first-of-its-kind map and data analysis. by Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller, photography by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublica <[link removed]>

When Home Is a Toxic Hot Spot <[link removed]> More than a thousand people talked to ProPublica about living in hot spots for cancer-causing air pollution. Most never got a warning from the EPA. They are rallying neighbors, packing civic meetings and signing petitions for reform. by Maya Miller, Alyssa Johnson, Lisa Song and Max Blau, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica <[link removed]>

They Knew Industrial Pollution Was Ruining the Neighborhood’s Air. If Only Regulators Had Listened. <[link removed]> Raw throats, burning eyes, strong acid smells. Air monitoring that showed chemicals linked to leukemia. Barbara Weckesser and her neighbors told regulators that air pollution was making them sick. The law let them ignore her. by Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Ava Kofman, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica <[link removed]>

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