Liuan Huska, Author at Borderless Magazine NFP

Environment and Health

State Board Halts Plan For Second Waste Station In West Chicago

The Illinois Pollution Control Board denied Lakeshore Recycling Systems' application to open a controversial waste station after failing to properly notify a nearby property owner.

Liuan HuskaFebruary 8, 2024

Oscar Gomez for Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health

Heat Study: Chicago Temperatures Vary as Much as 22 Degrees Between Neighborhoods

The heat mapping study, dubbed Heat Watch Chicago, showed that neighborhoods on the city's South Side were the hottest and residents there were the most vulnerable to extreme weather.

Liuan HuskaJanuary 29, 2024

Efrain Soriano for Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health

After decades of waiting, West Chicago’s Final Radiation Cleanup Begins

While newer residents unearth decades of contamination, some neighbors look forward to a planned public park at the former thorium factory.

Liuan HuskaNovember 27, 2023

A person in full body white suit helmet and yellow boots in a pit behind a fence with a sign that reads "danger, no trespassing"

Photo by Erika Bartlett

Environment and Health

FAQ: The Kerr-McGee Factory’s Radioactive Legacy in West Chicago

We answer your questions about thorium and health hazards related to the Rare Earths Facility.

Liuan HuskaJuly 12, 2022

Sandra and Jesse Arzola in front of Sandra's family’s house in West Chicago

Jonathan Aguilar/Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health Investigation

West Chicago is Cleaning Up the Last of its Nuclear Contamination. Residents Exposed to Radiation Say ‘It’s Not Over’

A local factory was once the largest producer of thorium in the world. This fall, the “radioactive capital of the Midwest” is doing one last cleanup.

Liuan HuskaJuly 12, 2022

close image of Julieta Alcántar-García wearing a red top with shite flowers and blue accents

Michelle Kanaar/Borderless Magazine

Environment and Health Organizing

The Growing Fight Over a Trash Station in West Chicago

Lack of transparency and concerns over environmental racism are fueling backlash to a waste transfer station in majority Latino West Chicago.

Liuan HuskaMarch 23, 2022

Liuan Huska

State Board Halts Plan For Second Waste Station In West Chicago

Heat Study: Chicago Temperatures Vary as Much as 22 Degrees Between Neighborhoods

After decades of waiting, West Chicago’s Final Radiation Cleanup Begins

FAQ: The Kerr-McGee Factory’s Radioactive Legacy in West Chicago

West Chicago is Cleaning Up the Last of its Nuclear Contamination. Residents Exposed to Radiation Say ‘It’s Not Over’

The Growing Fight Over a Trash Station in West Chicago

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