Janet Wilson's presentation from the June 19, 2012 Body Burden environmental health journalism webinar sponsored by ReportingonHealth.org and the Society of Environmental Journalists.

1. Understanding the Body Burden:
Using Human Testing
in Environmental and Health Storytelling
June 19, 2012
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2. Maywood:
A Polluted
Community

3. In Industry’s Shadow

4. Nagging questions…
More deaths in state are linked to air
pollution
As many as 24,000 deaths annually in California
are linked to chronic exposure to fine particulate
pollution, triple the previous official estimate of
8,200, according to state researchers….
May 22, 2008, Janet Wilson, Times Staff Writer

5. The Martin Family

6. Be Realistic
About Time And Money

7. What Should You Test For
• Lead
• Manganese
• Mercury
• Arsenic
• What's in your
community?

8. Think about Ethics
• Institutional Review Board or
not?
• Language issues and consent
forms
• Independent experts to
deliver results and offer
counseling
• Caution: no sure way to link
pollutants to source

9. Expect the
Unexpected

10. Finally! The Results

11. Translate for More Impact

12. Questions?