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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…

6 years ago

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…

6 years ago

Brain-damaging lead in tap water, hundreds of homes across Chicago

After city testing found high lead levels in the tap water in her Chicago home, Jenny Abrahamian decided to install…

7 years ago

Flint Activist LeeAnne Walters Wins Major Environmental Prize

LeeAnne Walters, a recipient of the Goldman Environmental Prize, was key in exposing the crisis of lead-laced water in Flint,…

7 years ago

Chicago Tap Water Tested Positive for Brain Damaging Lead

Water upgrades (Cheryl Corley/NPR) A severe amount of poisonous lead was located in the water of nearly 70% of Chicago…

7 years ago