LifeLines Newsletter
Current issue
Weathering Unpredictable Rains in Nicaragua
by David Creech
In the small community of Las Jolotas, Nicaragua, subsistence farmers like Felicita and her son Ariel (pictured above) feel the impact of climate change. Ever since Hurricane Mitch in 1998, rainfall patterns have grown increasingly unpredictable... [
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Water Weekend in West Virginia
by Aaron Cooper
Jennifer Massey bathes her children in contaminated water. The choice is that or not bathing them at all. In the Appalachian Mountain community of Prenter, West Virginia, where she lives, the water in most households contains elevated levels of lead, arsenic, and manganese. Before the contamination was discovered, Massey and her family drank the same water as her 29-year-old brother, who died from a brain tumor... [
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