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Lead Poisoning

Jackson: MSDH Report Lead Detection In City Water

January 30, 2016 Anna Wolfe and Sarah Fowler, www.clarionledger.com , ,
By Anna Wolfe and Sarah Fowler for The Clarion-Ledger - Jackson residents learned Friday that the water in some homes in the area has tested positive for lead above the recommended level. Those results came from samples gathered and tested six months ago. The Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed that water tests from 22 percent of its 58-residence sample detected lead levels between 0.017 and 0.02 — above the federal action level of 0.015. The affected areas included 13 residences in southwest Jackson and north Jackson. "What that means is the city is required to take additional compliance measures," said Jackson Director of Public Works Kishia Powell.

America’s Lead Poisoning Isn’t Just In Flint. It’s Everywhere.

January 29, 2016 Sarah Frostenson, www.vox.com ,
By Sarah Frostenson for Vox - The city of Flint, Michigan, is in the midst of a terrible and rightly shocking lead poisoning crisis. The number of kids testing positive for elevated lead levels in their bloodstreams has doubled in the past few years, after the city switched to a new, cheaper water source. This is an extreme case, but the problem of lead exposure among children is not a local Flint story. If you look at public health data, you begin to realize two things. The first is that it's actually really hard to get good data on which kids do and don't experience lead exposure, and which parents should worry about the issue.
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