Study finds health risks, care gaps for Downeast fishermen
Harvesters in an industry with so many injuries have little time or finances to visit doctors, and the result can be self-medicating that leads to substance abuse.
Annie Ropeik is a freelance contributor covering climate issues for The Maine Monitor.
Based in Camden, she previously reported for Spectrum News Maine in Portland and spent about a decade as a local public radio reporter in Alaska, Delaware, Indiana and New Hampshire. Her award-winning energy and environment reporting has appeared in Energy News Network and Inside Climate News and on NPR, the CBC and podcasts such as Outside/In and Living on Earth.
A Maryland native, Annie serves on the Society of Environmental Journalists' board of directors.
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