Gina Jimenez

Aug 18, 2023 | pattrn.com | Gina Jimenez

“Prison is stressful enough, and then you add this layer of heat that people are powerless to escape.”By Gina JiménezThe number of suicide watch incidents in Louisiana prisons increased by 30 percent on extreme heat days, a recently published study in the JAMA Journal found. Researchers from Emory University analyzed data from 2015 to 2017 to examine how the heat index related to suicide watch incidents in six prisons. At the time, only one had air conditioning.

Aug 17, 2023 | insideclimatenews.org | Gina Jimenez

The number of suicide watch incidents in Louisiana prisons increased by 30 percent on extreme heat days, a recently published study in the JAMA Journal found. Researchers from Emory University analyzed data from 2015 to 2017 to examine how the heat index related to suicide watch incidents in six prisons. At the time, only one had air conditioning.

Aug 15, 2023 | motherjones.com | Gina Jimenez

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Jessica Fawcett wakes up at 5:30 a.m. so she can deliver groceries and take-out orders throughout Tempe, Arizona. She has been working 12- to 14-hour shifts for Instacart and DoorDash since December, but lately, the heat in Tempe has been making them harder. Some days, Fawcett must walk 20 minutes or climb four floors of stairs in a 116-heat index just to deliver one order.

Aug 13, 2023 | pattrn.com | Gina Jimenez

A recent study highlights the health benefits of particular plants closing and generally reducing exposure to fossil fuels, researchers say. By Gina JiménezA week after one of Pittsburgh’s most polluting plants closed in 2016, cardiovascular ER visits in the nearby communities dropped by 42 percent and continued to shrink every week for years, according to a recent study published in the journal Environmental Research Health. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular hospitalizations also decreased.

Jul 8, 2023 | miamiherald.com | Gina Jimenez

Vanessa Langness had always been a bit worried about the chemicals she worked with as a biomedical researcher, but when she got pregnant in October, her concerns grew. The 34-year-old based in Santa Maria, California, suspected the ethidium bromide she was using in the lab for molecular cloning could put her and her baby at risk. She wasn’t sure what to do; she was only a few weeks into her pregnancy and didn’t know how it would affect her career.