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Brandon Fant gets his blood tested for lead poison levels by Lashae Campbell at a clinic set up to help screen for the eff...

Health Nov 10

New lead poisoning guidelines means more kids will get tested. Here’s what else experts want to see

By Gabriel Filippelli, The Conversation

Health Oct 28

Mariscal siblings peer out of the window of the home where they were poisoned by lead-based paint in Hayward
U.S. introduces more stringent standards for lead poisoning in children

U.S. health officials are changing their definition of lead poisoning in young children. The more stringent standard was announced Thursday.

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health Oct 21

Lead in drinking water in Benton Harbor, Mich.
How segregation and neglect left Benton Harbor, Michigan with toxic water

Nestled against the shore of Lake Michigan on the southwestern side of the state, Benton Harbor is a small town with a population of just under 10,000. According to the U.S. Census Bureau figures for 2019, 84.7 percent of people…

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

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YEMEN-NATURE
Cavers descend into the ‘Well of Hell,’ new clues about humans’ arrival in North America and other stories you missed

One in two children in the U.S. have detectable levels of lead in their blood, cavers descend to the bottom of Yemen’s ‘Well of Hell’ for the first time and newly discovered fossil footprints show earlier human arrival in North…

By Deema Zein, Julia Griffin

Health May 04

Old rusty utility pipes sit on the ground where workers with East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) are installing new water pipe on April 22, 2021 in Oakland, California. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across the U.S.

President Joe Biden has proposed spending $45 billion to replace every lead water pipe and service line in the nation. A public health expert explains why he sees this as a worthwhile investment.

By Gabriel Filippelli, The Conversation

Aug 20

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6 years after water crisis began, what has changed in Flint — and what hasn’t

The water crisis in Flint, Michigan, exposed major health and environmental concerns for residents and prompted new scrutiny of access to clean drinking water in the U.S. But Flint is still grappling with the consequences of its crisis, including financial…

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Dec 17

What caused Beethoven’s deafness?

By Dr. Howard Markel

It is a query that has invited many diagnoses over the last 200 years.

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Oct 10

EPA proposes upping testing for lead at schools in rule overhaul

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Contrary to regulatory rollbacks in many other environmental areas, the administration has called dealing with lead contamination in drinking water a priority.

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Oct 03

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Why Flint residents are still dealing with water worries, 5 years after lead crisis

By John Yang, Rachel Wellford

Since 2014, Flint, Michigan, has been synonymous with tainted water. Five years on, not all of the city's residents have access to safe water. Some wait for hours in line to obtain bottled water, while others deal with the physical…

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Aug 15

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Amid Newark’s water crisis, questions about why it’s taking so long to resolve

In Newark, New Jersey, worries and anger over contaminated drinking water are growing by the day. High lead levels have been found at many of Newark’s homes, in a case echoing the 2014 water crisis in Flint, Michigan. City officials…

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