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Dec 20

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After Flint’s lead crisis, the ‘most important medication’ for kids is education

By PBS News Hour

There is a well-established link between lead exposure and learning disabilities, but early childhood education has been shown to counteract the effects. In Flint, Michigan, where the youngest residents have been the most vulnerable to lead poisoning, the city has…

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Sep 28

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How and why we need to get the lead out of our lives

By PBS News Hour

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,…

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Sep 28

7 things you didn’t know about lead

By Leigh Anne Tiffany

Learn some interesting facts about lead, its effect on our health and how it gets in our water.

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Sep 28

This lab uses coffee grounds to extract lead and other toxins from water

By Nsikan Akpan

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.

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Aug 11

Lead removal from Flint water making progress, researchers find

By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako, Gretchen Frazee

Lead levels are dropping in Flint, Michigan, but residents should still flush taps, according to test results Virginia Tech researchers announced Thursday.

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Jun 24

New CDC data exposes scope of Flint water crisis, lead exposure

By Rebecca Robbins, STAT

Flint children consuming city water were nearly 50 percent more likely to test for a blood lead level considered high after Flint switched water sources in 2014, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Mar 12

More families file suit against Flint over lead poisoning

By Michael D. Regan

Multiple families in Flint, Michigan filed a lawsuit this week seeking financial recompense from the government and several private companies after they had discovered drinking water supplied by the city had been contaminated by lead.

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Jul 26

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A Look Around the Ruins of Fukushima, Where Radiation Still Poses Danger

A Look Around the Ruins of Fukushima, Where Radiation Still Poses Danger…

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Oct 10

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News Wrap: Polls Show President Obama Leads in Ohio, But Narrowly

In other news Wednesday, new polls show that President Obama still leads in Ohio. Following the first presidential debate, the gap between the two candidates narrowed, energizing both campaigns' efforts to win over the last undecided voters before Election Day.

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Dec 15

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Trey McIntyre Project Finds Dance Partner in Boise

Jeffrey Brown profiles how a leading dance company and a small western city are learning to move together through an unexpected partnership.

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