Alison Young

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Lead in the water supply has created a public health crisis in Flint, Michigan -- and provided a wake-up call to the rest of the country.

Lead Poison: America's "Silent Epidemic"

Lead in the water supply has created a public health crisis in Flint, Michigan -- and provided a wake-up call to the rest of the country.

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