Tag: Flint

  • Health

    The ongoing tragedy of lead in our lives

    The water crisis in Flint, Mich., has been a recent focal point, but the issue of lead pollution is both global and pervasive. Harvard conference focuses on the ongoing tragedy of lead in our lives.

    4–6 minutes
    Michael McCormick speaks.
  • Health

    Where lead lurks

    A Harvard Chan School researcher has launched a website to connect citizens with data on the water coming through their taps.

    3–5 minutes
  • Health

    Toxic inequality

    According to Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson’s theory of “ecology of toxic inequality,” higher lead levels in the blood are often directly tied to racial and ethnic segregation.

    3–4 minutes