The Latest by Jessie Torrisi

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Jessie Torrisi is a storyteller based in Los Angeles. She's worked with a dozen social justice NGOs as a writer, editor, and communications strategist. She loves writing about the human side of policy and legal issues — and what is possible when we come together to transform the systems that harm us and our planet.

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February 27, 2024

This Weed Killer Is Linked to Parkinson’s. Why Isn’t It Banned Yet?

By Jessie Torrisi / Toxic Exposure & Health Program

Paraquat damages farmworkers’ respiratory system, their kidneys, and their eyes. Help us urge the EPA to ban it.

A woman and two children walk on a large beach with smaller pools of water.

January 9, 2024

We’re Suing to Save the Great Salt Lake From Going to Dust

By Jessie Torrisi / Rocky Mountain Office

If the lake continues to shrink, 2.5 million people could wind up breathing in toxic dust from the newly exposed lakebed.