Tag: children
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Hillsborough School District found lead in its water, didn’t tell parents for a year.
Patrick Anding stands with his wife, Lakesha, and nine-year-old son DáVeon near their home across from Foster Elementary School. Patrick Anding was angry when he learned that the district kept lead test results from parents and teachers. DáVeon’s behavior began to change after he went to Foster. The family wishes it had been told sooner…
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Fraudulence in Flint: How Suspect Science Helped Declare the Water Crisis Over
Downtown Flint, Mich. (U.S. Department of Agriculture) Nakiya Wakes sat across from me in a Flint, Mich., coffee shop on one of those cloudy, dreary days symbolic of the reeling Rust Belt city. It was March 2017, nearly two years after Wakes had the first miscarriage. After losing her first baby, she learned there was…
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How a Pediatrician Became a Detective
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha playfully talked to 2-month-old patient Taeyana Brown who has had to drink only bottled water since her birth due to Flint’s ongoing water crisis. Photo: Brittany Greeson for The New York Times Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha exposed the lead poisoning of children in Flint, Michigan FLINT, Mich. — Lead. It was real. I…
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DoD admits water at U.S. military bases contains cancer-causing chemicals
U.S. Army photo If you live on a military base and only drink bottled water, you’ve probably made a good call. A recently released report from the Department of Defense shows that a number of military installations are plagued with unsafe drinking water that can cause illness and fertility issues — and the government tried…
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ADEM brought into Fruithurst cancer investigation – Alabama
FRUITHURST, Ala. (WIAT) — The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) is now involved in the cancer cluster investigation going on in Fruithurst, Alabama. After eight people, including four children were diagnosed with similar cancers in the small community of Fruithurst, Christy Hiett, a local elementary school principal, started looking for the cause. It led…
