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Worried about your water? Documentary shares stories of communities taking action
The Flint, Michigan, lead contamination disaster in 2015 raised awareness about the dangers of unsafe water. A new documentary, “Troubled Water,” created by journalism students at Arizona State University, explores how communities around the nation are affected, and how grassroots…
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What Flint’s superintendent did to protect children from lead
Flint, Michigan’s superintendent is leading a comprehensive effort to mitigate the effects of lead on his students. Since alarmingly high levels of lead were found two years ago, the school district taken several measures to ensure the crisis wouldn't stand…
5 overlooked stories that are (almost) entirely politics-free
We’re taking a break from politics to look at these five important stories that were overrun by last week’s news cycle.
Some California children exposed to higher lead levels than those in Flint
Children in 29 California neighborhoods have been exposed to high levels of lead poisoning that rival those of Flint, Michigan, according to data Reuters obtained from the California Department of Public Health.
The report comes as the state’s workplace health and safety agency, Cal/OSHA, is considering a major update of safety standards for workplace lead exposure for the first time in decades.
The committee findings offer no new information and essentially summarize what emerged during several high-profile hearings earlier this year.
Our love/hate relationship with lead is as old as history itself. The origin of "plumbing" comes from the Latin word for lead. But only in the 1970s did we realize the consequences of even low doses of the hazardous metal,…
Though still in its prototype phase, this coffee-infused foam might clear the worst levels of lead contamination found in places like Flint, Michigan within a few hours.
More than 18 million Americans received their drinking water from systems with lead violations in 2015, according to a new report.
