On Maui, returning home means confronting toxic risks

Grist
By Lylla YounesAug 22, 2023, 8:30 am179 pts
Steve McQueen walked through the rubble of his neighbor’s home last Friday under the late afternoon sun, clad in a pair of slippers and loose fitting blue jeans. After fleeing from the fire that razed parts of Lahaina in West Maui two weeks ago, the 31-year-old returned to a neighborhood that he didn’t…

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