Daniel Pearl Awards winners announced

ICIJ announces the winners of the 2011 Daniel Pearl Awards

Following the money on asbestos

By David E. Kaplan

ICIJ rolled out its biggest project in months this week: Dangers in the Dust – Inside the Global Asbestos Trade. We’ve had a half-dozen of o

Excerpts from this story referencing "epidemics":

"… big-time to the developing world, prompting health experts to warn of new epidemics of cancer and lung disease in places like China, India and Brazil.These ki …"

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A look at the reporting process behind 'Dangers in the Dust'

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"… rnments and scientists, and cites predictions from health experts that new epidemics of asbestos-related disease will emerge in the coming decades. Some expert …"

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As kidney disease kills thousands across continents, scientists scramble for answers

By Sasha Chavkin

How a rare kidney disease is killing laborers and vexing researchers in three countries.

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"… continents and posing a lethal puzzle worthy of Sherlock Holmes.The three epidemics have crucial threads in common. The victims are relatively young and mostl …"

"… nd toxic poisoning.Other common links offer clues to a possible cause. The epidemics affect sharply defined geographic areas that are stunningly fertile and sw …"

"… posure.”In a sense, researchers are waging a race against three parallel epidemics occurring across multiple continents. Yet the search for clues was slow to …"

"… toll. And separate groups of researchers — each chasing clues to kidney epidemics across the globe — have not fully explored whether they are linked toget …"