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Tag: lead

Image shows woman and three kids sitting on a porch in Durham, where fighting to get lead remdiation assistance for her home.
Posted inEnvironmental Health

A Durham resident’s ongoing fight against lead 

by Will Atwater July 14, 2022July 14, 2022

By Will Atwater Midori Brooks is no stranger to waiting.  In 2019, the federal government awarded the City of Durham funding to perform lead abatement at high-risk sites throughout town. The funds, totaling more than $3 million dollars, were earmarked for the city’s Lead-Based Paint Reduction Program (LHR) and consisted of federal and city dollars.  […]

Brightly colored playground equipment behind W.M. Hampton Elementary School, where contamination has been found. Photo credit: Greg Barnes
Posted inChildren's Health

N.C. expected to remove lead, asbestos from public schools and child care centers

by Greg Barnes August 24, 2021August 31, 2022
Posted inFeatured

Coronavirus Today – May 19 Here’s how Gov. Cooper wants to spend $5.7 billion in federal COVID funds; A dose of fun with your vaccine

by Anne Blythe May 19, 2021October 27, 2022
Posted inChildren's Health

Tap water tests find nearly 1 in 10 licensed child care centers in North Carolina have unsafe lead levels

by Greg Barnes April 26, 2021April 26, 2021
Cottage Grove activists, from left, Sel MPang, Verna Torain and Patricia Macfoy stand beside the sign for Bingham Park. Photo credit: Greg Barnes
Posted inEnvironmental Health

In a Greensboro community, a city park sits atop a toxic landfill

by Greg Barnes December 29, 2020December 31, 2020
we see a man kayaking away from the photographer down the French Broad River toward a wall of trees and wide blue skies
Posted inEnvironmental Health

Gauging the lead threat in NC waters and aquatic life

by Carolina Public Press November 14, 2020January 27, 2021

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