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Lab Report: Flint's Water Crisis Had a 'Horrifying' Effect on Fetal Deaths
A morning roundup of the day’s news.
Troubled waters: A new study associates the lead-poisoned water in Flint, Michigan, with a “horrifyingly large” increase in fetal deaths and miscarriages, after the city changed its public water supply in 2014. The Washington Post reports:
Two earthquakes, one city: The more resilient, globally connected Mexico City of today is far better equipped than it was for its last major quake, says a former Mexico City congressman who recalls the “glaring” government failures and rejections of international aid in the 1985 disaster. (Los Angeles Times)