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Drinking water unsafe at thousands of schools

Drinking water unsafe at thousands of schools

Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.

 

Lead Sickens 1,300 Children in China

The lead pollution from an unlicensed manganese smelter is the second incident of mass lead poisoning in the past month.

 

Clash at China smelter after 100s of kids poisoned

Villagers in northern China clashed with police outside a lead smelter blamed in the poisoning of more than 600 children, reports said Monday.

 

Mattel gets $2.3 mln fine for lead-tainted toys

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Friday said it imposed a $2.3 million civil penalty against Mattel Inc.

 

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