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Topic: Water

Video

Video: How To OSINT the Ocean

"From tracking illegal fishing and ship movements to uncovering pollution and port activity, in a hands-on webinar, journalists learned how to harness publicly available data to shine a light on maritime activities that often escape scrutiny." Speakers:

Bjorn Bergman, project manager at SkyTruth
Delger Erdenesanaa, journalist and ORN fellow
Saroj Pathirana, journalist and ORN fellow

Article

PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Drinking Water: An Explainer and Research Roundup

"We summarize studies on where PFAS are found, health impacts, the efficacy of consumer water filters, new methods of destroying PFAS, and racial disparities in PFAS exposure. Journalists would do well to educate themselves on PFAS because the issue now touches almost every beat: business, consumer, environment, health, infrastructure, legal and local municipalities that include water utilities. That’s why we created this explainer and research roundup. (For more on covering PFAS, see our related tip sheet, which includes a list of data resources.)"