Dangerous levels of lead have poisoned Flint's water since April 2014, when the city switched its source to the Flint River and failed to control the corrosiveness of the water.
The Obama administration announced Thursday that it would extend Medicaid coverage to 15,000 children and pregnant women in Flint, Mich., affected by lead that has poisoned their tap water.
High lead levels have poisoned the city's water since 2014, when the city started pumping water from the Flint River instead of buying it from Detroit.
High lead levels have poisoned residents' taps since the city started pumping from the Flint River in April of 2014 and failed to treat the water correctly. .
Poorly soldered, the authors argued, the tins' food contents would have been contaminated with lead and would have poisoned the crewmen, an idea that has since achieved widespread acceptance.
(The expedition carried provisions for three years). Poorly soldered, the authors argued, the tins' food contents would have been contaminated with lead and would have poisoned the crewmen, an idea that has since achieved widespread acceptance.
WASHINGTON -- Since January, members of the U.S. Senate have been negotiating a half-billion-dollar measure to help Flint, Michigan, remove lead pipes that have poisoned potentially thousands of children.
Lead has been recognized as a poison for millennia and has recently been the focus of public health regulations in most of the developed world.
WASHINGTON -- Senators reached a deal Wednesday to make money available to cities like Flint, Michigan, which desperately needs to replace lead pipes that have potentially poisoned thousands.
The diagnosis of lead poisoning has traditionally relied on measuring blood lead and zinc protoporphyrin levels.
