New suicide prevention hotline aims to divert callers from police
Abraham Dairi wished he had somewhere to turn besides the police last year when his wife, Holly, was suffering a mental health crisis. Fearing she would hurt herself, and seeing she had the means to do so, Dairi called 911. When a pair of officers responded, they forcibly tied Holly to a stretcher, removed her from her home and took her to an emergency room — a repeat of a traumatizing experience she’d had years before. Continue reading at Crosscut. (Matt M. McKnight)
Western heat wave was a 1 in 1,000-year event made more likely by climate change, study shows
Last week’s heat wave, which led to record temperatures in the Pacific Northwest and subsequent wildfires, was a 1 in 1,000-year event, according to a new analysis from an international group of researchers. The heat wave, the researchers concluded, “was virtually impossible without human-caused climate change.” Spokane, Omak, Wenatchee and Lewiston all broke records for the highest temperature recorded on June 30. Early estimates show that 69 Washington residents have died in the heat wave, with medical examiners expecting a higher death toll in the coming weeks. Continue reading at The Spokesman-Review. (Ted S. Warren)
57% of Hanford nuclear site workers surveyed by WA state report toxic exposures
More than half of Hanford site workers responding to a Washington state survey said they had been involved in an incident at the Hanford nuclear reservation that resulted in exposure to radioactive or toxic chemicals. Some 57% of about 1,600 past and present workers who took the survey reported being in an exposure incident, which could include the release of radioactive material into the air. Continue reading at The Bellingham Herald.
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