Tag: Flint

  • Nation & World

    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.

    5 minutes
    Michael McCormick speaks.
  • Nation & World

    Where lead lurks

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

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    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.

    4 minutes