Pollution So Bad It's Changing Our Brains?

City Cast Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is consistently rated among the nation’s worst cities for air quality, but how does that affect our mental health -- especially in the hardest-hit lower income communities along the Mon Valley? Environmental Health News journalist Kristina Marusic explains how folks are coping with the continued effect of "climate anxiety," and what you can do to help.

The series is a collaboration between Environmental Health News and The Allegheny Front: https://www.ehn.org/mental-health-2655533166/what-we-found

PublicSource did some excellent reporting about one of the hardest-hit communities, Clairton. Check it out here: https://www.publicsource.org/clairton-city-of-prayer-portraits-illness-trauma-advocacy-resilience/

And please read these lists of local organizations helping to make change:

• https://www.ehn.org/mental-health-solutions-2655533540/take-care-of-your-mental-health
• https://www.publicsource.org/pittsburgh-mental-health-organizations-filling-access-gaps/

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