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lead
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Tip sheet: Covering the ongoing problem of lead contamination
Lead contamination is ever-present across the U.S. Here’s how to report on it.
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Parents face critical trade-off in deciding between tap, bottled water
Worries about the safety of the nation’s tap water were already a reality before the 2014 lead-contamination crisis in Flint,…
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Some help with the challenges of tracking down lead data
Lead contamination continues to make headlines more than a year after the Flint municipal lead crisis in Michigan hit the…
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Reporting team tackles lead scourge in Philly
Reading through a recent story in the Philadelphia Daily News on lead plaguing the city’s houses, I realized the story…
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Lead crisis shifts as infrastructure crumbles, experts say
A year after the Flint water crisis made national waves, the legacy of lead continues to draw attention as reporters…
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AHCJ webcast to offer wider look at lead contamination crisis
At first, the headlines focused on Flint, Mich., but soon other communities around the country were testing their water for…
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Reporter looks beyond Flint’s lead headlines toward U.S. youth
The lead-tainted water in Flint, Mich., got one national reporter wondering: What other areas could have children affected by dangerous…
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Georgia writer offers tips on covering location, health and poverty
Carolyn Crist knows a little something about place. A freelance journalist based in Georgia, Crist specializes in health, science ……
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Review of EPA data leads USA Today to towns with contaminated water
Yes, database websites can seem clunky, and government data can seem hopelessly riddled with errors. But searching, downloading and analyzing…
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Water quality issues ripple beyond crisis in Flint
“The problem with lead is that it’s now really everywhere.” That’s what David Rosner, author of “Lead Wars,” told NPR…