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News Articles: lead contamination

The FDA issued three health alerts about lead in cinnamon in 2024, after dangerous amounts of the harmful element were found in children's applesauce packets last fall.

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  • Food

Lead in cinnamon: Where do things stand, 1 year after a scary recall?

Last Halloween, the FDA said that some cinnamon, a spice loved by many kids and adults, was contaminated with lead, a metal that can cause irreversible damage in babies and young children.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Stick and ground cinnamon is displayed for a photograph in Concord, N.H., on March 2, 2008.

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  • Health

The FDA adds more brands to a new alert for lead-contaminated cinnamon

No illnesses have been reported in connection to the alerts. The FDA has recommended that manufacturers voluntarily recall their products.

July 31, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
"Beethoven" (1936). A new study suggests the German composer and pianist may have suffered from lead poisoning.

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  • Science

Beethoven was a classical and romantic composer, but his body was full of heavy metal

Virtuosic pianist and composer Beethoven suffered from several debilitating ailments. A new study suggests lead poisoning may be at least partly to blame.

June 27, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Daniel
A worker in a Bangladeshi lead mill, without safety protection. A new analysis finds the death toll from lead exposure is about six times higher than the previous estimate.

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  • Global Health

A new study says the global toll of lead exposure is even worse than we thought

A new study finds that 5.5 million adults worldwide died in 2019 from cardiovascular disease attributable to lead exposure, more than six times higher than a previous estimate.

November 20, 2023
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By:
  • Nicole Estvanik Taylor
Many objects, like this bottle, have been unearthed in Elizabeth Burns’ lead-contaminated Atlanta yard.

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  • News

Lead contamination surfaces in affluent Atlanta neighborhood

The Environmental Protection Agency recently confirmed high lead levels in an upscale Atlanta neighborhood. The location stands in contrast to many polluted sites investigated by the federal Superfund program — often in former industrial or waste disposal areas where environmental racism has left marginalized groups at risk.

May 05, 2023
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By:
  • Andy Miller

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  • Children's Health

Georgia offered schools money to test their water for lead. Most didn’t sign up. Why?

Lead exposure can have serious health consequences for children, but only a fraction of Georgia schools have signed up for a free testing program.

January 05, 2023
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By:
  • Gautama Mehta
Woman in yard with grandchildren

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  • Environment

Lead-tainted Atlanta neighborhood becomes major EPA Superfund site

A westside Atlanta neighborhood contaminated with lead has been added to the EPA’s Superfund priority list, freeing up more federal funding for long-term cleanup.

March 21, 2022
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By:
  • Andy Miller
In this image taken from video, former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, left, with his lawyer, Brian Lennon, leave Genesee County Court in Flint, Mich., after a initial court appearance via Zoom on two misdemeanor counts of willful neglect of duty in connection to the Flint water crisis.

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  • National

Ex-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder And 8 Others Criminally Charged In Flint Water Crisis

Together the group faces 42 counts related to the drinking water catastrophe roughly seven years ago. The crimes range from perjury to misconduct in office to involuntary manslaughter.

January 15, 2021
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By:
  • Brakkton Booker

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