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Octafish

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5. America's 'Lead Wars' Go Beyond Flint, Mich.: 'It's Now Really Everywhere'

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 5, 2016, 10:12 AM

Mar 2016

Terry Gross interviewed two academics. If you think the tobacco industry is reprehensible, the people who contaminated the nation with lead are worse. "They knew" for a century.

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/03/469039064/americas-lead-wars-go-beyond-flint-mich-its-now-really-everywhere

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The U.S. Senator Holding Flint Aid Hostage [View all] Octafish Mar 2016 OP

KnR for visibility. nt tblue37 Mar 2016 #1

America's 'Lead Wars' Go Beyond Flint, Mich.: 'It's Now Really Everywhere' Octafish Mar 2016 #5

K & R ......for visibility..nt Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #2

I don't know what an anime masturbator looks like, but I bet it's like that guy. Octafish Mar 2016 #10

Gee, I would think Mitt might have said something.. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #3

I heard Mitt lives in the Mitt... Octafish Mar 2016 #14

Yes fraud and waste, as in assets, people and pensions. mountain grammy Mar 2016 #15

Mike Lee sharp_stick Mar 2016 #4

He should go to jail with Snyder . . . . n/t annabanana Mar 2016 #6

K&R!!! mfcorey1 Mar 2016 #7

Once again Repugnicans prove ... GeorgeGist Mar 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Mar 2016 #9

You really should post this malletgirl02 Mar 2016 #11

K&R CrawlingChaos Mar 2016 #12

No excuse for this creep being such a cruel asshole. kr PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #13

The caption for that photo should be geomon666 Mar 2016 #16

That's what they said about nationwide urban lead contamination. Octafish Mar 2016 #17

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