More than one week after Hurricane Florence pounded North and South Carolina, killing at least 44 people, the states’ rivers and waterways are expected to linger at unsafe flood levels over the next several days, Reuters reported Sunday. As the flood waters make their way toward the sea, they could continue to wreak havoc on […]
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Report detailing lead poisoning in young children on army bases draws fire from lawmakers
Children in U.S. Army housing were found to have elevated levels of lead in their systems, prompting calls from lawmakers on Capitol Hill for immediate measures to fix the problem, which has been found to cause severe developmental problems. In a letter sent Friday to Army Secretary Mark Esper, four U.S. senators cited a Reuters […]