Tag: lead poisoning

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the city of Omaha have spent decades trying to clean it up.

"The unequivocal conclusion of this research is that children around the world are being poisoned by lead on a massive and previously unrecognized scale."

"Lead represents a leading cause of disease and death, and it is important to continue our efforts to reduce environmental lead exposure."

The EPA wanted years to study the hazards, instead the court gave them 90 days to update regulations.

Flint may be years away from a solution to its current crisis, but in a few cities elsewhere in the country, there is, at least, a modicum of hope when it comes to developing ways to begin to address this country’s poisonous past.

The thousands of Michigan children who were knowingly poisoned were victims of an American moral malaise: Our nation has bred generations of bureaucrats who are blind to values other than self-advancement and profit.

Flint, Michigan, may be in the spotlight for the state of emergency due to lead-contaminated water, but they aren't the only city dealing with lead poisoning.