The new statewide Lead Poisoning Prevention Fund in Michigan aims to make lead abatement more affordable by covering half the cost for eligible households and facilitating access to low-interest loans for the remaining cost
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Introducing the 2024 Planet Detroit Neighborhood Reporting Lab
Our lab is designed to equip each resident with skills to tell their neighborhood’s story.
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Who’s behind a ballot initiative to repeal Michigan’s renewable energy siting laws?
Organizer tied to fossil fuel groups, but denies influence.
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Opinion: Veterans still fight the effects of asbestos exposure
Here’s what vets need to know.
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How soot pollution causes heart attacks, cancer, dementia, premature deaths
Here are 4 essential reads on the health effects driving EPA’s new fine particle air pollution standard.
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Canadian greenhouses still shining but new laws have curbed Detroit’s midnight sun
Tomatoes and cannabis are the reasons behind Lake St. Clair’s glowing winter skies, but new laws have dimmed the light.
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Michigan program recycles pacemakers to save lives overseas
The group is recycling heart pacemakers, taken from the dead, to give new life to the sick in some of the world’s poorest places.
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Once-vibrant Chaldean Town may become future solar farm
In its heyday in the 1960s and 1970s, Detroit’s Chaldean Town was the first stop for thousands of Chaldeans immigrating to the United States.
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Detroit filmmakers tackle Black family’s medical mistrust across generations
The narrative film explores the roots of vaccine skepticism, weaving a tale of trust and trauma through a family history.
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Detroiters express support for anti-littering bill
Proposed legislation would increase penalties for dumping large amounts of trash.