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Public Health On Call

967 - An Update on Baltimore's Swimmable Harbor and the Pistachio Tide

Public Health On Call

The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

News, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.6 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 18 minutes

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About this episode:

Last year, Public Health On Call released a special episode on the decades-long fight to make Baltimore's harbor safe for swimming. While the future looked bright in 2024, new challenges have emerged. In this episode: Baltimore Banner reporter Adam Willis offers an update on the health of the harbor and the city's recent—and smelly—"pistachio tide" event.

Guests:

Adam Willis reports on climate and the environment across Maryland for The Baltimore Banner. He previously covered Baltimore City Hall for The Banner.

Host:

Lindsay Smith Rogers, MA, is the producer of the Public Health On Call podcast, an editor for Expert Insights, and the director of content strategy for the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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0:00.0

Hey listeners, it's Lindsay Smith-Rogers with some exciting news and an ask for you. Public Health

0:04.9

On Call is coming up on a thousand episodes, and we want to hear from you. To mark this milestone,

0:10.6

Josh Sharfstein, Stephanie Desmond, and I are answering your questions about the show.

0:15.7

Have you ever wanted to know how we pick topics or how we prepare for interviews?

0:20.0

Now's your opportunity to ask your question and hear your voice on the podcast.

0:24.6

Send us your question as a voice memo to public health question at jh.hu.edu by October 31st.

0:31.8

That's public health question at jhu.edu by October 31st.

0:36.3

Thank you so much and we are so excited to hear from you.

0:39.7

Welcome to Public Health On Call,

0:41.6

a podcast from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School

0:44.3

of Public Health, where we bring evidence,

0:46.8

experience, and perspective to make sense

0:49.7

of today's leading health challenges.

0:55.8

If you have questions or ideas for us, please send an email to public health

1:00.2

question at jhhu.edu.

1:03.4

That's public health question at jhhu.edu for future podcast episodes.

1:10.7

Hey listeners, it's Lindsay Smith-Rogers. Today, an update on Baltimore for future podcast episodes.

1:12.9

Hey listeners, it's Lindsay Smith-Rogers.

1:16.6

Today, an update on Baltimore's quest for a cleaner harbor.

1:25.3

Last year on the podcast, we did a deep dive on the nearly 15-year-long effort to make Baltimore's harbor healthier for both ecology and recreation.

1:28.9

But over the summer and into the fall, a series of events like fish kills and what's known locally as pistachio tide felt like major setbacks. In today's

1:36.1

episode, I speak with Baltimore Banner reporter Adam Willis, who has been following the Healthy

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