"Kids' Lead Levels High In Many Michigan Cities"

"Across Michigan, in cities large and small, lead poisoning continues to plague children, limiting them in school and on the playground.

While much of the state’s focus on lead has rightly been on poisoned water in Flint, the metal continues to turn up annually in the bodies of thousands of children across the state, at percentages well above the numbers that raised red flags in Flint.

Elevated blood-lead levels are seen in a higher percentage of children in parts of Grand Rapids, Jackson, Detroit, Saginaw, Muskegon, Holland and several other cities, proof that the scourge of lead has not been eradicated despite decades of public health campaigns and hundreds of millions of dollars spent to find and eliminate it."

Mike Wilkinson reports for Bridge Magazine in the Detroit News via the Detroit Journalism Cooperative January 28, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Lead Pipes, Antiquated Law Threaten Wisconsin’s Drinking Water Quality" (Wisconsin Watch)

"Flint Weighs Scope of Harm to Children Caused by Lead in Water" (New York Times)

"Flint Sparks Nationwide Water Safety Concerns" (Aljazeera America)

"House Investigates Flint Water Crisis, But The Governor Isn't On The Invite List" (Huffington Post)

"Lead In Water Not Confined To Flint" (Charlotte Observer)

"Much Went Wrong To Delay Public Notice Of Lead In Sebring Water" (Columbus Dispatch)

"Jackson, MSDH Report Lead Detection In City Water" (Jackson Clarion-Ledger)

"If You Want Clean Water, Don't Be Black in America" (CityLab)

"Drinking Water: An Imperiled Resource" (Coastal Review Online)