{"id":585,"date":"2025-11-21T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/washu\/?post_type=news&p=585"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:05:47","slug":"tornado-related-environmental-risks-nov-21","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/public-exchange.org\/washu\/news\/tornado-related-environmental-risks-nov-21\/","title":{"rendered":"WashU starts project on tornado-related environmental risks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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News<\/span> | <\/span>Fox 2 News<\/span> | <\/span>November 2025<\/span><\/p>\n\n

WashU starts project on tornado-related environmental risks<\/h1>\n\n\n

Following the May 16 tornado, Washington University researchers have launched a new project to assess environmental health concerns in affected communities. It\u2019s more than just physical destruction. Hidden in the debris are environmental risks that could threaten community health in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university launched a rapid environmental health assessment, the first project under the university\u2019s public exchange initiative called CLEAN STL\u2014Contamination Level Evaluation and Analysis for Neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Condemned homes face demolition, which raises a key issue: what environmental risks are residents facing, from the soil to the air?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WashU scientists from the Department of Earth, the Environment, and Planetary Sciences begin soil sampling in tornado impact neighborhoods.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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