Jim Morris, Author at Public Health Watch

A surreal illustration depicting a neighborhood street in which chemical tanks, cranes and flaring stacks linger in the hazy background. There is a large fissure in the street, where pipes are creeping out and breaking into a home on the left and a car on the right. Smoke streams from one of the pipes and onto the neighboring playground.

Fumed

Texas Clears the Way for Petrochemical Expansion as Experts Warn of Health Risks

by Shelby Jouppi, Jim Morris and Savanna Strott December 30, 2025February 23, 2026

Public Health Watch chronicles, in 13 scenes, a fossil-fuel infrastructure boom that could worsen air pollution in some areas and exacerbate climate change.

Ruminations on PHW’s 4th Birthday

by Jim Morris August 18, 2025August 18, 2025

We’ve been here all along

by Jim Morris July 10, 2025March 3, 2026

‘Secret Deal’ in California Would Weaken Regulations for Oil Refineries

by Jim Morris and Molly Peterson April 22, 2025April 23, 2025

Silicosis Epidemic

California Introduces Online Dashboard to Track Silicosis Cases

by Jim Morris February 7, 2025February 7, 2025

‘We Give Manufactured Chemicals More Rights Than We Give Criminal Defendants’

by Jim Morris January 8, 2025January 12, 2025

The Goodyear chemical plant is pictured. The factory has a dark wire fence surrounding it, and is white and grey. The factory has a white puff of smoke coming out of the top of it. Rust runs down the side of some of the outer walls.

Computer Modeling Shows Carcinogen From Goodyear Plant Is Invading Niagara Falls Neighborhoods

by Jim Morris and Emyle Watkins December 18, 2024December 18, 2024

A Note From the Editor-in-Chief

by Jim Morris November 7, 2024November 7, 2024

A Dangerous Chemical Is Fouling Niagara Falls’ Air. New York State Hasn’t Put a Stop to It.

by Jim Morris and Emyle Watkins September 18, 2024September 18, 2024

Gustavo Reyes Gonzalez, 32, has a severe case of silicosis from cutting countertops. He says he used water to suppress the dust and wore high-quality masks, but the fine silica powder still entered his lungs.

Silicosis Epidemic

Jury Awards $52.4M in Case Against Artificial-Stone Countertop Makers

by Jim Morris August 8, 2024September 26, 2024