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Children are especially vulnerable to poisoning because of exposure to items containing lead, whether purchased second-hand or new from a local discount store.

Salvo en caso de crisis, nunca se ha exigido a las compañías de agua que hagan un inventario exhaustivo de las tuberías con plomo. Los expertos en salud advierten que los problemas con estas "bombillas venenosas subterráneas" pueden surgir de la nada.

Efforts to eliminate lead in school drinking water got a huge boost on Friday, as Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed off on legislation requiring testing and also gave his approval to $27 million in federal funds to help schools install filters.

The Biden administration plans to spend $250 million dollars in Missouri and $164 million dollars in Kansas to remove lead pipes — if they can find them. Plus, what Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas has to say about gun laws after a threat of a mass shooting closed 10 local school districts.

Water utilities have never been required to thoroughly inventory lead pipes except in a crisis. Health experts warn problems with these “underground poisonous straws” can arise out of the blue.

Kansas City will be one of 11 U.S. host cities in the 2026 World Cup. Plus, venison donated to food pantries could contain trace amounts of lead — but in Kansas and Missouri, you won't get a warning.

Iowa requires warning labels about the possible presence of lead in shot-harvested venison. Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska do not.

Years before the Stonewall uprising, Drew Shafer started Kansas City's first gay rights organization and published the first LGBTQ magazine in the Midwest. It was that effort, in part, that made Stonewall a turning point in the gay rights movement. Plus, how the lead industry lied to the American public for decades about the dangers of its toxic products.

The lead industry characterized lead poisoning as a problem of poor people and minorities to protect its sales during the 20th century.

Lawmakers in both parties overwhelmingly supported requiring Missouri schools to test and filter children’s drinking water.

A provision that would limit the amount of lead allowed in school drinking water to five parts per billion has been tacked onto an education bill.

Missouri would stand apart from Iowa, Kansas and Nebraska by requiring testing and remediation.