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Search through reported cases of human pesticide exposure in Illinois

By Midwest Center Staff | April 14, 2022

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has tracked human pesticide exposure cases reported to the agency since 2019.

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Find Illinois COVID-19 outbreaks in your area

By Midwest Center Staff | October 7, 2020

Confidential Illinois data reveals where about 2,600 separate COVID-19 outbreaks have occurred across the state.

Emails: A week before Trump’s order protecting meat plants, industry sent draft language to feds

By Midwest Center Staff | September 17, 2020

Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by Public Citizen and American Oversight show how industry helped shape a federal order to keep meat plants open during the pandemic.

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Tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest | April 16, 2020

We're tracking closures, cases of Covid-19 among workers and employee deaths in the meatpacking industry. Search our database for impact in your area.

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UPDATED: Where are farm bankruptcies happening?

By Sky Chadde, Investigate Midwest | April 14, 2020

Search for how many Chapter 12 bankruptcies have been filed in a particular county. Data begins in 2013.

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Breaking down the use of glyphosate in the U.S.

By Pam Dempsey | May 26, 2019

Of 400 pesticides used on agriculture crops across the U.S, glyphosate is used at least three times more than all others, according to an analysis of data estimates from the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Database: Disappearing Farmland

By Christopher Walljasper/Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting | September 18, 2018

Use this database to see how many farmland acres your state has lost or gained between 1997 and 2012

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Resources for investigating visas

By Midwest Center Staff | January 31, 2017

In 2015, the Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting hosted a workshop on how to cover the U.S. visa system. Here are some key data and document resources from the event to help you cover and learn more about visas.

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Data tool: Explore USDA data on GMO petitions

By Robert Holly | July 9, 2015

Explore USDA data on GMOs using an interactive graph and searchable database.

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USDA ag-projection highlights in one graphic

By Midwest Center Staff | February 25, 2015

In February, the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a forward-looking reporting on the state of U.S. agriculture. The department's Economic Research Service took the lead on the report, which outlines U.S. agricultural production and trade through 2024. Here are the highlights in one graphic.

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How Illinois’ ‘fragmented system’ of monitoring pesticide exposure ‘allows individuals to get poisoned over and over without any brakes’

How Illinois’ ‘fragmented system’ of monitoring pesticide exposure ‘allows individuals to get poisoned over and over without any brakes’

Database: Tracking Covid-19’s impact on meatpacking workers and industry

USDA photo by Preston Keres

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) meat inspectors and graders perform their mission.

SERESTO: what we’ve discovered so far about the popular collars linked to pet injuries and deaths

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