Kyle Bagenstose is a freelance environmental reporter based in Philadelphia. Previously, he was a national investigative and environmental reporter for USA TODAY, and before that, an environmental and investigative reporter for the Bucks County Courier Times and Intelligencer newspapers in the Philadelphia suburbs. He specializes in water, chemicals, climate change and environmental justice topics, and has won numerous national and state awards for his work. He received his BA in journalism from Temple University. This story was first published by Delaware Currents.