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The Doe Run Company has been operating a giant lead smelter in Herculaneum for decades. For just as long, elevated lead levels have been found in people, properties and roads around it.
The…
A view of Doe Run Company's Herculaneum smelter, 2003 file photo
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency last week drastically cut the amount of lead permitted in the air around lead…
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Some people think crime declined during the 1990s because of aggressive police work, tough sentencing guidelines and the construction of more prison cells.
But some scientists now have a more provocative explanation, one with big implications for St. Louis and…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing significantly tighter air pollution standards for lead — the first update in 30 years. It’s long overdue.
But…
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