Philip Landrigan

Mar 23, 2024 | commonwealthbeacon.org | Richard Romano |Philip Landrigan

THE QUABBIN RESERVOIR, the main drinking water source for the city of Boston and for 2.5 million people in 40 cities and towns across Massachusetts, is under threat. Quabbin is at risk of toxic pollution by a landfill proposed for Hardwick, a small town in central Massachusetts. Holding roughly 400 billion gallons of drinking water, Quabbin is an environmental and economic treasure.

Apr 11, 2023 | jamanetwork.com | Philip Landrigan

Epidemic Measles in a Divided City Abstract Between June 1970 and January 1971, 633 cases of measles occurred in Texarkana, a city bisected by the Texas-Arkansas state line. A total of 606 (95.7%) of the cases occurred in Texarkana (Bowie County), Tex, a community that had never had a measles vaccination campaign. The level of prior immunity, natural plus vaccine-induced, in the 11,185 children aged 1 to 9 years in Bowie County was estimated to be 57%.