Environmentmarketing claimDiscovery of the day
A 2-year investigation by NPR and Boston University finds that heat kills thousands of Americans every year, far more than the roughly 1,700 deaths a year that official federal figures record, leaving policymakers and the public blind to the real toll.
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What it shows: Reported by NPR (health) and not verified by us: we could not trace this story to a published paper, so treat it as news rather than evidence we have checked.
Alejandra Borunda, NPR (health)Read the study →