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Corinne Purtill

@corinnepurtill
Science & medicine reporter, @latimes. Previously writing for @nytimes @NewYorker @TIME and elsewhere. She/her.
Los Angeles, CA
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    Corinne Purtill
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    May 19, 2021
    Here I once again pin the record of the greatest Twitter interaction I have ever and will ever have
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    Dwayne Johnson
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    Oct 12, 2017
    Motivating read from @corinnepurtill. A woman trying to balance the craziness of life. Glad I can help a little 😉👊🏾 work.qz.com/1094135/dwayne…
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    Corinne Purtill
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    Jun 11, 2024
    @carolynporco Hi Dr. Porco. I'm writing a piece on Dr. Ed Stone for the LA Times - possible to get in touch? [email protected]. Thank you very much.
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    Corinne Purtill
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    Nov 2, 2023
    Congratulations Sumeet!
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    Corinne Purtill
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    Sep 28, 2023
    “In most parts…the idea that the govt would largely cede to private companies management of a natural disaster that could decimate multiple towns, displace thousands of farmworkers & wreak destruction across 100s of square miles would be unfathomable.” 👀
    Corcoran, CA, Thursday, March 30, 2023 - The flooded Hansen Farms estate. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)
    How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's heartland
    From latimes.com
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    Corinne Purtill
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    Sep 27, 2023
    CA residents without safe drinking water "drive multiple times a month...to purchase potable water at a cost of hundreds of dollars, while paying monthly bills for water they can’t consume." Important, infuriating work from the @latimes:
    Edwards, CA - May 26: 5-year-old Adam Ezelle waits to help as his mother Dana Ezelle fill a pot with tap water in their kitchen to cook noddles for dinner prep on Friday afternoon. At Fountain Trailer Park in North Edwards, residents have been unable to safely drink or cook with the tap water for years, which is tainted with arsenic. Dana Ezelle and Adam, her 5-yr-old son, live here. They rely on bimonthly water...
    'A ticking time bomb': Why California can't provide safe drinking water to all its residents
    From latimes.com
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