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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 historic but crumbling Kansas City housing cooperative, designed in the 1960s for Black families, faces a July 7 deadline to propose repairs. Without a plan, the Department of Housing and Urban Development could pull back on a $10 million loan it guaranteed.

Lamonte McIntyre was wrongfully imprisoned for more 24 years for a double homicide he didn’t commit.

John Wood, former federal prosecutor and senior investigative counsel to the January 6 Committee, said the divisive politics shaping up in Missouri's U.S. Senate primaries prompted him to run as a mainstream independent candidate.

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.

Following a recent wave of mass shootings and gun violence, people at a March for Our Lives rally called for a ban on assault weapons, universal background checks, and red flag laws.

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

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

Lenexa police believe that Jennifer Hall called in a prescription for antidepressants using personal information of a co-worker. Hall has been charged in the 2002 death of a patient at a hospital in Chillicothe, Missouri.