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EPA Green-Lights Denver’s $AU1 Billion Plan to Finally Remove Lead Pipes
The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved an almost $US700 million ($AU1 billion) million plan to remove lead water pipes in the Denver, Colorado area. The agency has called the local water utility’s efforts an “example” to other utilities around the country looking to replace their old lead water lines, the Associated Press reported.
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Researchers Have Created a Dissolvable Pacemaker
While you might be more familiar with permanent pacemakers, temporary versions of the device are sometimes needed after open-heart surgery, heart attacks, or overdoses. The problem is these devices can cause infections, become dislodged, or introduce other complications like scarring during removal. But now, researchers from Northwestern and George Washington universities say they’ve created a…
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Hundreds Of Bottles Of Toxic Beer Found Hidden Beneath Victorian-Era Staircase
Archaeologists in Leeds, England discovered more than 600 beer bottles at the site of an old Victorian brewery. Stacked neatly beneath a cellar staircase, the beer inside these 19th-century bottles contains dangerous concentrations of lead.
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Five Years After The Lead Crisis Began, Flint Residents Still Can’t Trust Their Tap Water
Five years. That’s how much time has passed since the City of Flint switched its water source, exposing nearly 100,000 people to lead-tainted water. That crisis continues today and has traumatised the city in a way that will take more than another five years to fix. The legacy will likely last for generations.