Harrison County Voters To Consider New, Unique Levy Aimed At Historical Preservation
The levy would provide at least $100,000 for the next four years to 13 historic preservation organizations across the county.
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Clarksburg Gets Funds For Safer Water
State funds will be added to an extensive project to replace lead water lines in Clarksburg and make the drinking supply safer.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsUsing Art To Communicate And Lead Pollution Exposure In Children, This West Virginia Morning
On this West Virginia Morning, an Eastern Panhandle artist communicates through her art, and how children get exposed to high levels of lead.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWest Virginia American Water Wants To Know If Your Homes Pipes Have Lead
The company is asking customers to check their home’s water piping system for lead. Their website has information that customers can use to identify lead, which is a neurotoxin. Then customers are asked to log that information into an interactive map.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsFeds, Local Health Agencies Looking At High Lead Levels In Clarksburg Drinking Water
Federal regulators have joined West Virginia officials in reviewing water service lines in Clarksburg for elevated levels of lead in drinking water.
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Childhood Lead Poisoning Rates Dropping in West Virginia
The most common way children are exposed to lead these days is from the lead-based paint almost universally found in homes built before 1980. (Lead-based…
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsWVU Researchers Ask: Are Lead Poisoned Vultures the New Canary in a Coal Mine?
A new study out of West Virginia University finds that lead poisoning in vultures is way more prevalent than expected. Researchers say the source of the…
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