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Lead Poisoning Testing Recommended For All Children

A special state commission, formed in the wake of the Flint water crisis is recommending a requirement that all young children from age one-to-two be tested for lead poisoning. Because of that, Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick says the state would have wait for parents to bring their kids in …

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Study Shows Increase In Smoking Among Pregnant Women

Even though we know that when pregnant women smoke it can cause low birth weight and other complications, there was an 18-percent increase in the number of expectant moms who smoked in Michigan from 2008 to 2014. That’s a finding of the Michigan League for Public Policy’s Right Start annual …

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