Lead

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Ayana Byrd  May 29, 2018 1:24PM EDT

Michigan Seeks to Enact Nation's Strictest Rules on Water Lead Levels

The changes are a response to the ongoing Flint water crisis.
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Ayana Byrd  Apr 25, 2018 3:36PM EDT

New Legislation Aims to Prevent the Next Flint Water Crisis

Representatives Keith Ellison and Ro Khanna introduced The WATER Act on the fourth anniversary of the day Flint’s water woes began.
Jesse Jackson Leads National March In Flint To End Water Crisis
Ayana Byrd  Apr 9, 2018 11:25AM EDT

Michigan to Stop Distributing Free Bottled Water in Flint

Many of the city’s residents do not trust—or use—what comes out of their tap.
Flint Continues To Struggle With Water Contamination Crisis
Ayana Byrd  Apr 4, 2018 1:52PM EDT

Testing Shows That Flint's Kids Still Attend Schools With Elevated Lead Water Levels

Free bottled water for students is only guaranteed through the end of this school year.
A sign displayed in a front yard request that residents keep fro playing in the dirt or mulch at the West Calumet Housing Complex on September 4, 2016, in East Chicago, Indiana.
Ayana Byrd  Jul 18, 2017 1:12PM EDT

READ: Racism's Role in the Fight to Save Children From Lead Poisoning

Lead expert David Rosner to ThinkProgress: “The rest of the country basically saw it as an idiosyncratic thing, affecting just a few Black kids and Hispanic kids and therefore unimportant.”
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Yessenia Funes  Jun 27, 2017 12:23PM EDT

WATCH: In East Chicago, Residents Can't Drink Their Water or Play Outside

Soil and water contain dangerous levels of lead and arsenic.
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Yessenia Funes  Jun 23, 2017 3:45PM EDT

How Can We Prevent the Next Flint?

A new report from WIRED says we don’t have the data necessary to avoid repeating history.
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Yessenia Funes  Apr 28, 2017 3:41PM EDT

STUDY: What Did People Google Throughout the Flint Water Crisis?

Searches suggest Flint residents knew something was wrong with their water before government officials or local media did.
A sign displayed in a front yard request that residents keep fro playing in the dirt or mulch at the West Calumet Housing Complex on September 4, 2016, in East Chicago, Indiana.
Yessenia Funes  Mar 16, 2017 1:40PM EDT

A Water Crisis Like Flint's Is Unfolding In East Chicago

The soil and water of this predominantly Black and Latinx city contain dangerous levels of lead.
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Yessenia Funes  Oct 7, 2016 11:06AM EDT

READ: In Flint, The Water Crisis Has Led to Another, Unexpected Health Problem

In Genesee County, 85 cases of a gastrointestinal disease have been diagnosed this year. It can be prevented by hand washing—a task which isn’t as simple as it used to be.
Mona Hanna-Attisha, director of the Pediatric Residency Program at Hurley Medical Center, at the Capitol on February 10, 2016, in Washington, D.C. A year ago, she exposed the blood lead levels of Flint children.
Yessenia Funes  Sep 26, 2016 1:22PM EDT

READ: A Year Later, Flint Continues to Deal With Drinking Water Problems

In the city of 99,000 residents, fewer than 200 unsafe pipes have been replaced.
Yessenia Funes  Aug 24, 2016 2:01PM EDT

Lawsuit Against EPA Demands Better Protection from Lead Paint

Eight groups site the agency for its lack of attention to a crisis affecting an estimated 37.1 million homes.
Colorlines screen shot of a sign on an East Chicago yard warning residents of the soil from a CBS Chicago video, taken on August 16, 2016.
Yessenia Funes  Aug 16, 2016 3:59AM EDT

READ: Lead Isn't Only in Water. It's in Backyards, Too

One East Chicago community has been contaminated with lead since at least 1985. The EPA and city are finally doing something about it: kicking residents out.
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Yessenia Funes  Aug 5, 2016 10:34AM EDT

Pittsburgh Joins the List of U.S. Cities with Lead in Drinking Water

“The levels in Pittsburgh are comparable to those reported in Flint,” said a researcher.
Kenrya Rankin  Mar 24, 2016 3:49PM EDT

Flint Water Advisory Says Crisis is a 'Story of Government Failure'

The independent task force also applauded the citizens who forced the nation to reckon with this environmental justice issue.
Kenrya Rankin  Mar 10, 2016 10:21AM EST

Water in 30 Newark Public Schools Tests Positive for Lead

Officials have turned off the taps at half the district’s schools.