THE ARGUS EYE: A long-overdue D.P.H. report on PCBs and cancer delivers no surprises
PCBs may play a role, the agency says, but the mix of diffuse exposures, data limitations, and many other cancer risk factors leaves no clear culprit.
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THE ARGUS EYE: Rep. Neal gets a challenger, junk fees get a spotlight, and The Argus gets on WAMC
In this edition of The Argus Eye, news of what may be an interesting race for Congress in western Massachusetts next year.
THE ARGUS EYE: Berkshire Health Systems told regulators it can’t afford a full investigation of decade-long data breach
Even as it acknowledged a decade of improper access to patient data by a “rogue employee,” the largest employer in Berkshire County—and provider of health care to most residents—claimed a full audit would be an “undue burden.”
THE ARGUS EYE: Unexplained delays continue to hold up PCB cancer study
The state’s Department of Public Health has again pushed off release of a Housatonic Region cancer study it began in 2021.
Taking a stand for free expression and the free press
No one should be arrested or deported for publishing an op-ed.
A nonprofit newsmagazine for the Berkshires
The Argus is now a fiscally sponsored project of the Alternative Newsweekly Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that supports independent, watchdog journalism. It will enable significantly more support for reporting that delivers “important stories fully told.”