Lead in soil another known factor in Flint
For years, the city of Flint has been trying to fight another battle with lead...and it lies within the soil.
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Mar 31, 2016
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Video: How can chemistry help prevent another Flint water crisis?
How often do you use water from your tap? Do you trust it? Residents of Flint, Michigan, don't, and they have a good reason. How did lead levels in the water get so high in this city, and how did chemistry play a part in ...
Other
Mar 28, 2016
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Six million Americans have lead-tainted water in homes, schools: report
Some six million Americans have drinking water tainted with higher levels of lead than allowed by US federal guidelines, the USA Today reported on Thursday.
Environment
Mar 17, 2016
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New water samples show lead below US limits in Ohio village
The state Environmental Protection Agency says all the most recent water samples in a northeast Ohio village are below the federal standard for lead.
Environment
Feb 17, 2016
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Science heroes of Flint's lead water crisis
Old news, from a doc in Rome–in the second century BC, quoted by William Finnegan in the New Yorker. Finnegan's is a fine angry summary of thousands of years of accumulated medical knowledge about the evils of lead, epitomized ...
Other
Feb 15, 2016
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Water tests show a few homes in Ohio village still have lead
Tap water samples taken over the last two weeks have found 30 homes with high levels of lead in a northeastern Ohio village, state environmental regulators said.
Environment
Feb 9, 2016
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India seeks $100m in damages from Nestle after noodle ban
India's government is seeking damages of nearly $100 million from Nestle for "unfair trade practices" after the food safety watchdog banned its hugely popular Maggi noodles brand.
Business
Aug 12, 2015
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Soup can reopens mystery of doomed Franklin Expedition
The Franklin expedition is back in the news this week after the Prime Minister announced Tuesday that one of its ships has been discovered 170 years after it sunk.
Other
Sep 11, 2014
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