Spending six months cleaning up the area around Kingsford was simply trading one exposure of PAHs for another. I don’t choose to see it that way.

The question as to whether chronic exposure to permanent hair dye is linked to certain types non-Hodgkin lymphoma remains unanswered, though some studies indicate there may be an increased risk, especially for women who began using dye prior to 1980 or used darker colors.

At 24, I stood my ground while digging into PCB-contaminated soil.