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Lax Regulatory Enforcement Leaves Thousands at Risk of Lead
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Lax Regulatory Enforcement Leaves Thousands at Risk of Lead Poisoning in Ca=
lifornia
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33749-lax-regulatory-enforcement-leaves-=
thousands-at-risk-of-lead-poisoning-in-california
Daniel Ross, Truthout: Thousands of people in California have been placed a=
t risk of lead contamination due to a pattern of lax enforcement by state r=
egulators, a Truthout investigation has found. The potential health and eco=
nomic effects from lead exposure are becoming increasingly better understoo=
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http://www.truth-out.org/opinion/item/33752-rojava-s-democratic-feminist-re=
volution-a-source-of-hope-among-horror
Tony Iltis and Stuart Munckton, teleSUR: Syria can seem an endless black ho=
le of misery, but in the northern, largely Kurdish region of Rojava, it is =
also the scene of a profoundly democratic and humanist revolution, which pl=
aces the rights of ethnic minorities and women's liberation at its center.
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hite-impunity
Kelly Hayes, Transformative Spaces: As controversy surrounds the release of=
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uslim institutions. In addition, he's bringing a devout Muslim voice into s=
ocial justice movements and challenging stereotypes about Islam.
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cozies-up-to-fossil-fuels
Benjamin Franta, Truthout: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has ig=
nored the formal consensus on campus to divest from fossil fuels. The campu=
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ersities and the fossil fuel industry that should be investigated.
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urvive pesticide exposure. This research will be important as policies surr=
ounding insecticides continue to be debated.
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