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Childhood lead poisoning remains a widespread problem in America

Health

In 2015, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, exposed anew the problem of excess blood lead levels in children. Now a new investigation has identified over 3,800 neighborhoods around the US whose children have blood lead levels twice as high as the levels in Flint.

Is Indiana’s strict voter ID law disenfranchising immigrant voters?

Global Politics
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