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Blood lead levels of Flint children before and after water crisis
Flint children's blood lead levels were nearly three times higher almost a decade before the year of the Flint water crisis, new research shows.
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New research shows that lake size and nutrients drive how much greenhouse gases are emitted globally from lakes into the atmosphere.
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