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 Bensalem Mayor Joe DiGirolamo (left)announces that the township will sue pharmaceutical companies for their role in the opioid epidemic. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Bensalem targets Big Pharma with suit to recover millions it’s spent dealing with opioid crisis

Bensalem is poised to become the first local government in Pennsylvania to sue pharmaceutical companies in an effort to recover ...

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Hoping to improve Pa. water-quality inspections, DEP to speed up trainings

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection is working to speed up the training of several new water inspectors, in an ef ...

8 years ago

New Jersey Democrat Phil Murphy promises to crack down on deadly violence through gun-control measures if elected governor. (AP file photo)
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N.J. in line for tougher gun laws if Democrat wins governor’s race

If he becomes New Jersey’s next governor, Democrat Phil Murphy said he will sign the gun-control legislation that Gov. Chris Christ ...

8 years ago

 The smokestacks of the former Lucas paint factory loom over the Sherwin-Williams/Hilliards Creek Superfund site in Gibbsboro, New Jersey. Contamination at the site stems from improper paint disposal by Lucas Paint Works and its successor, Sherwin Williams Inc. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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South Jersey paint factory caused ‘cancer cluster,’ lawsuit alleges

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Trenton Water Works alerts homeowners of high lead levels, warns against drinking water

Dangerously high lead levels have been discovered in water at more than a dozen of nearly 120 homes and buildings tested recently by the ...

8 years ago

 Under the 2nd street bridge in El Campamento, Kensington/Fairhill section of Philadelphia. (Photo by Jeffrey Stockbridge, https://kensingtonblues.com/)
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The story behind Philly’s heroin encampment

As the controversial spot closes down, we take a tour of its history. There’s a part of Philadelphia, just a few miles north ...

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 Newark Reservoir (City of Newark Facebook photo)
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Algae bloom impacts Delaware triathlon

A blue-green algae bloom has been identified at the Newark Reservoir, where athletes were supposed to swim as part of a triathlon this we ...

8 years ago

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Delaware horse infected with West Nile

A horse in Delaware was euthanized after it was infected with West Nile Virus. This is the first time this year a horse has been i ...

8 years ago

 Tobacco plots at the University of Kentucky. Researchers are growing Burley plants, the most common tobacco variety in the United States. (Morgane Fouse of Prismatic Radio LLC./for WHYY)
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As Americans quit smoking, farmers give up tobacco

Shifting public opinion and smoking habits have changed Kentucky farming. I’m in northern Kentucky with University of Kentuc ...

8 years ago

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Cleanup work along Philly Conrail tracks reaches ‘El Campamento’ heroin haven

As the second week of clearing out the heroin havens along the Conrail railroad gulch in Philadelphia’s Kensington section draws to ...

8 years ago

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 The outreach trailer at A and Tusculum Streets that temporarily closed on Thursday. (Joel Wolfram / WHYY)
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Philly outreach presence scales down as cleanup of Conrail drug haven continues

As work progressed on the cleanup of the Conrail tracks frequented by heroin users in Philadelphia’s Kensington and Fairh ...

8 years ago

Lawmakers and nursing advocates call for action to relieve the backlog in approving nursing licenses and home health-aide certifications.
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Advocates, N.J. lawmakers seek fully staffed nursing board to expedite licensing, certification

Some New Jersey lawmakers and advocacy groups are urging the Christie administration to fill six vacancies on the state’s 13-member ...

8 years ago

 Trash near a heroin encampment is seen from a Conrail vehicle on Thursday. (Joel Wolfram / WHYY)
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Philadelphia and Conrail launch work to clear railroad heroin encampment

Philadelphia and Conrail are starting work today on a plan to clean up a notorious stretch of tracks in the Kensington and Fairhill neigh ...

8 years ago

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Down the Shore
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UPDATE: Bacteria spurs N.J. beach closures

UPDAT ...

8 years ago

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What will become of the ACA?

Guests: Zeke Emanuel, Jonathan Cohn President Trump is getting increasingly frustrated with his party’s inabili ...

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