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At risk series: Mapping facilities that house dangerous chemicals — Axios

At risk series: Mapping facilities that house dangerous chemicals

Axios June 2023 Investigations

Built a living, first-of-its-kind interactive national database of ~12,000 facilities storing dangerous chemicals from FOIA-obtained EPA records using SQL, Python, and interactive Mapbox mapping. Identified nearly 4,000 reported accidents since 2003. Led and produced stories across multiple Axios local and national desks. Spoke with those on the ground affected by spills that were never reported to them, nor did they have knowledge of why they were harmed.

Collaborators

Thomas Oide, Will Chase, Tina Reed, Jared Whalen

Tools & methods
SQLweb developmentreactsvelteMapboxRAPIsweb scrapingFOIAUICartographyresponsive designCSSTailwind

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