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Lead contamination
Lead smelters provide a crucial service, but what of the health effects?
Mar 29, 2023
A secondary lead smelter near Los Angeles is planning to expand, distressing residents concerned about potential illness.
Flint residents are furious as discounted water bills end
by
Jed Kim
Mar 2, 2017
Widespread lead contamination devastated Flint, Michigan. Since then, residents have been getting discounted water bills. But as of March 1, those discounts end as officials say the water is safe to use. That’s despite recommendations that residents keep filtering their water as pipes are repaired. The announcement has many in the stricken city furious. Click […]
Flint isn't the only city with lead poisoning problems
by
Tony Wagner
Dec 19, 2016
A Reuters investigation found thousands of areas with higher lead levels.
How Flint Schools are faring now
Sep 23, 2016
Superintendent Bilal Tawwab says there's still work to be done.
In Los Angeles, lack of trust makes lead cleanup tougher
by
Jed Kim
May 5, 2016
In East Los Angeles, the state agency that let a battery recycling plan operate for years must clean up after it.