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Hundreds Of Bottles Of Toxic Beer Found Hidden Beneath Victorian-Era Staircase

Science & Health

3 months ago

Hundreds Of Bottles Of Toxic Beer Found Hidden Beneath Victorian-Era Staircase

George Dvorsky

These Toxic Chemicals Need To Be Banned By The U.S. In The Next 10 Years

Science & Health

6 months ago

These Toxic Chemicals Need To Be Banned By The U.S. In The Next 10 Years

Yessenia Funes on Earther, shared by Brian Kahn to Gizmodo

Amazon Agrees To Stop Selling Children’s Products With Illegal Levels Of Toxic Metals

Science & Health

1 year ago

Amazon Agrees To Stop Selling Children’s Products With Illegal Levels Of Toxic Metals

Melanie Ehrenkranz

A bright green frog-shaped pencil case targeting children on Amazon contained 80 times the federal legal limit for lead, according to an investigation by the Washington State Attorney General’s Office. This was among dozens of children’s school supplies being sold on Amazon with illegal levels of toxic metals.

Five Years After The Lead Crisis Began, Flint Residents Still Can’t Trust Their Tap Water

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1 year ago

Five Years After The Lead Crisis Began, Flint Residents Still Can’t Trust Their Tap Water

Yessenia Funes

Great White Sharks Appear Perfectly Healthy Despite Lead, Arsenic, And Mercury Coursing Through Their Veins

Science & Health

1 year ago

Great White Sharks Appear Perfectly Healthy Despite Lead, Arsenic, And Mercury Coursing Through Their Veins

Ed Cara

Great white sharks aren’t the unstoppable killing machines of Hollywood’s imagination, but studies have continuously shown that they’re definitely badasses of evolution. A new paper out this week adds to that resume, finding that great whites can easily withstand levels of heavy metals that would kill most other animals, all…

A Bullet To The Knee Gave A Man Lead Poisoning, 14 Years Later

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2 years ago

A Bullet To The Knee Gave A Man Lead Poisoning, 14 Years Later

Ed Cara

The Trump Administration’s Hyped Plan To Reduce Childhood Lead Exposure Includes No Actual Plans

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2 years ago

The Trump Administration’s Hyped Plan To Reduce Childhood Lead Exposure Includes No Actual Plans

Yessenia Funes

There’s Lead In The Water Of 350 US Schools, And That’s Probably Only The Beginning

Science & Health

4 years ago

There’s Lead In The Water Of 350 US Schools, And That’s Probably Only The Beginning

Alissa Walker

After Flint, it’s been disheartening to discover that lead contamination is far more widespread than originally thought. A new investigative report by USA Today claims that 350 schools and day cares across the country have tested above the EPA’s “action level” for lead content in water.

Australian Research Finds Exposure To Lead In Childhood Is Linked To Aggression

Science & Health

4 years ago

Australian Research Finds Exposure To Lead In Childhood Is Linked To Aggression

Rae Johnston

The Ambitious $US55 Million Plan To Replace The Lead Pipes In Flint Will Only Take A Year

Science & Health

4 years ago

The Ambitious $US55 Million Plan To Replace The Lead Pipes In Flint Will Only Take A Year

Alissa Walker

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