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Some of the money is coming to West Michigan cities. It’s a move to make Michigan homes safer
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Michigan has more than 330-thousand service lines that are likely to contain lead
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The study shows lead levels in Flint water dropped slightly during the 1st six months of this year, which follows a steady pattern of improvement
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The Kent County Health Department, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and City of Grand Rapids recently launched a campaign to educate Kent County residents about preventing lead exposure
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For three straight years, tests of Benton Harbor’s water system revealed lead levels in its tap water that were too high
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The state has released new data on blood lead levels in Michigan children. Thousands of children in the state show elevated blood lead levels
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Lead is a highly toxic metal that can cause serious and irreversible adverse health effects. A 2021 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics found that elevated blood lead levels in children were closely related to poverty, race, and living in older housing.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has promised to spend millions of dollars to replace the city’s lead service lines within 18 months – a blistering pace for a process that often takes decades. For now, residents have been warned not to cook, drink or make baby formula with tap water.
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The state is pushing efforts to reduce lead exposures caused by aging water distribution infrastructure in several communities with the goal of removing lead contamination from drinking water statewide.
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Childhood lead exposure rates continue to climb in Kent County – particularly in areas of Grand Rapids. Paul Haan of the Healthy Homes Coalition of West…