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1 week agoConey Island mother says lead found in NYCHA bathroom
Coney Island residents face ongoing health risks from lead exposure due to delayed repairs in public housing.
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fromHarvard Gazette
2 months agoNew factor in predicting who becomes criminal: when you were born. - Harvard Gazette
Sampson mines 30 years of data on more than 1,000 Chicagoans born in the 1980s and '90s. The youngest cohort, born in the mid-1990s, came of age amid declining rates of violence, incarceration, and even lead exposure. Those in this younger sample proved far less likely to be arrested than the study's oldest participants, those born in the early to mid-1980s. The youngest were also less likely to use a firearm or witness gun violence.
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fromLos Angeles Times
10 months agoLast chance for L.A. firestorm victims to have their blood lead levels tested for free
Final free blood testing event for wildfire victims offered by L.A. County emphasizes lead exposure screening.
Low lead levels found in residents, but health officials continue to encourage testing for safety.
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