lead poisoning

America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead continues to find its way into the environment, and causes problems in more ways than you’d think.

America’s bird, the bald eagle, is facing a tremendous challenge. As scavengers, they feed on what we and other animals leave behind. But lead continues to find its way into the environment, and causes problems in more ways than you’d think.

Lead poisoning and infant mortality are two of the biggest problems facing Michigan. Roughly seven babies out of every thousand born in Michigan do not...

It has been a year now since Michigan and the world learned that the lead levels of children living in areas of Flint has doubled, even tripled. It was...

One of the most critical points in discovering the full extent of Flint’s water crisis was a study of blood-lead levels in Flint children. That study,...

The FBI has now joined the investigation into the contamination of Flint’s drinking water. That’s in addition to the U.S. Prosecutor and State Attorney...

The state Senate today unanimously approved $28 million to help Flint with its water crisis. Three million of that has been set aside to “aid with utili...

The Flint water crisis has taken a new turn, with Governor Snyder's announcement that there's been an outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Flint....

The fallout from the Flint water crisis is far from over. Yes, the state’s top water official has been “reassigned.” And sure, the Department of...

Flint hasn’t been using any corrosion-control method since it switched from Detroit’s water system in April 2014. Corrosion-control treatment helps keep...