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Lead has played a pivotal role in the history of Missouri. More than 17 million tons of lead have come out of the ground in the state over the last 300…
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Forest City is a very small town of about 250 people, nestled in very small, very rural Holt County in Northwest Missouri. The whole county has about 4500…
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Bill Haggard is the mayor of Herculaneum, Missouri, a town of 4,000 about a 30 minute drive south of St. Louis. He’s also the fire chief, president of the…
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It was a busy summer for environmental safety workers at the school district in Rochester, New York, where employees sampled over 2,000 school water...
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Preliminary testing shows lead contamination in the water in some St. Louis school buildings.The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that tests conducted this…
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When a woman is trying to leave an abusive relationship or unsafe domestic situation, shelters offer a safe space for her to stay and get back on her…
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The deaf community has its own language, culture and set of obstacles, and most hearing people will never interact with it. But Dr. Stephanie Logan was…
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A Missouri lead mining company has contributed $10,000 to House Republicans after legislators enacted a law shielding the company from large liability…
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Gov. Jay Nixon has vetoed legislation that would have shielded a Missouri lead mining company from punitive damages in some contamination lawsuits.Nixon…
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Herculaneum, Mo., a small town on the bluffs above the Mississippi River, was always a company town. The company, Doe Run, is the largest lead producer in…