Jim Morris

Senior Reporter  iWatch
jmorris@publicintegrity.org
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Jim Morris has been a journalist since 1978, specializing in coverage of the environment and public health. He has won more than 50 awards for his work, including the George Polk award, the Sidney Hillman award, the Sigma Delta Chi award, and five Texas Headliners awards. He directed a global investigation of the asbestos industry that won the first-place John B. Oakes award for environmental reporting from Columbia University in 2011 and an IRE Medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. He has worked for newspapers in Texas and California as well as publications such as U.S. News & World Report and Congressional Quarterly in Washington. This is his second stint at the Center.

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EPA data shows that the number of reported human health problems increased by about 300 percent over the past decade.

The 2009 death of Nick Revetta exposes flaws in the system designed to protect American workers.

The Department of Labor reported that 4,690 U.S. workers suffered fatal injuries in 2010, a 3 percent increase from 2009.

Former EPA chief Whitman urges administrator Jackson to seal security gaps 'before a tragedy of historic proportions occurs.'

Judge's ruling raises doubts about whether the EPA can halt strip mines such as the planned Spruce No. 1 in West Virginia.

In a case followed around the world, two former business executives were convicted in Italy of manslaughter in 3,000 deaths

A proposed EPA list of 'chemicals of concern' has been under review by the White House budget office for 638 days

Publication of a landmark government study of lung cancer in miners is delayed by an industry group and its congressional allies

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