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Benton Harbor residents have no clear answers on whether their tap water is safe to drink. Stateside gets an update from Michigan Radio's newsroom.
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A newly formed group to reduce the amount of lead in drinking water held its first meeting today on Tuesday. The seven-member “Corrosion Control Advisory Panel” is part of a broader effort by the state to address aging lead service lines.
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Overall, the percentage of Michigan children with elevated blood lead levels has been falling for more than two decades, from nearly a third of children tested in 2000 to just 2.5 percent of children tested in 2020.
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Grand Rapids and Kent County have formed a new Lead Action Team. The team will help track and respond to cases of elevated lead levels in kids.About 1 in…
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A new package of bills in Lansing could dramatically change how the state handles the problem of lead-based paint.Lead based paint was banned in 1978, but…
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The city of Detroit is suing three major real estate investors the city calls “slumlords,” accusing them of an “invest and neglect” business model that…
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Living in homes purchased at the Wayne County tax foreclosure auction, or near demolitions, increases the risk of lead poisoning in Detroit children.Those…
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The Goldman Environmental Prize is the equivalent of the Nobel Prize for grassroots environmental activism.This year's six recipients are from Columbia,…
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The partial settlement of a Flint water crisis lawsuit guarantees all Flint kids can be screened and assessed for effects of lead exposure.A federal judge…
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A federally funded program to remove lead paint from houses is now free for eligible homeowners in Grand Rapids.The Department of Housing and Urban…